Gaelach
See also: gaelach
Irish
Alternative forms
- Gaedhealach (Ulster, otherwise superseded)
Adjective
Gaelach (genitive singular masculine Gaelaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaelaí, plural Gaelacha, comparative Gaelaí)
Declension
Declension of Gaelach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Gaelach | Ghaelach | Gaelacha; Ghaelacha² | |
Vocative | Ghaelaigh | Gaelacha | ||
Genitive | Gaelaí | Gaelacha | Gaelach | |
Dative | Gaelach; Ghaelach¹ |
Ghaelach; Ghaelaigh (archaic) |
Gaelacha; Ghaelacha² | |
Comparative | níos Gaelaí | |||
Superlative | is Gaelaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- aiteann gaelach (“dwarf whin”)
- an pheil ghaelach (“gaelic football”)
- caife Gaelach (“Irish coffee”)
- cló gaelach (“gaelic type”)
- cnó gaelach (“hazel-nut”)
- damhsa Gaelach, rince Gaelach (“Irish dancing”)
- Gaelachas (“Irish characteristic(s); attachment to Irish culture”)
- míle gaelach ghaelach (“Irish mile”)
- stobhach Gaelach (“Irish stew”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Gaelach | Ghaelach | nGaelach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "Gaelach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “Gaelach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Gaelach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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