gearrchluasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + cluas (“ear”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gearrchluasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearrchluasaigh | gearrchluasacha | ||
| Genitive | gearrchluasaí | gearrchluasacha | gearrchluasach | |
| Dative | gearrchluasach; ghearrchluasach¹ |
ghearrchluasach; ghearrchluasaigh (archaic) |
gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearrchluasaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearrchluasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | ngearrchluasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchluasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm