gearrshaolach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom gearr- (“short”) + saol (“life”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgearrshaolach (genitive singular masculine gearrshaolaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrshaolaí, plural gearrshaolacha, comparative gearrshaolaí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gearrshaolach | ghearrshaolach | gearrshaolacha; ghearrshaolacha2 | |
vocative | ghearrshaolaigh | gearrshaolacha | ||
genitive | gearrshaolaí | gearrshaolacha | gearrshaolach | |
dative | gearrshaolach; ghearrshaolach1 |
ghearrshaolach; ghearrshaolaigh (archaic) |
gearrshaolacha; ghearrshaolacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gearrshaolaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrshaolaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gearrshaolach | ghearrshaolach | ngearrshaolach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrshaolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrshaolach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gearrshaolach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024