gearrbhéalach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gearr- (“short”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gearrbhéalach (genitive singular masculine gearrbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrbhéalaí, plural gearrbhéalacha, comparative gearrbhéalaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gearrbhéalach | ghearrbhéalach | gearrbhéalacha; ghearrbhéalacha2 | |
vocative | ghearrbhéalaigh | gearrbhéalacha | ||
genitive | gearrbhéalaí | gearrbhéalacha | gearrbhéalach | |
dative | gearrbhéalach; ghearrbhéalach1 |
ghearrbhéalach; ghearrbhéalaigh (archaic) |
gearrbhéalacha; ghearrbhéalacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gearrbhéalaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrbhéalaí |
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]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gearrbhéalach | ghearrbhéalach | ngearrbhéalach |
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) “gearrbhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrbhéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gearrbhéalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024