callánach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom callán (“racket, clamour”) + -ach.
Adjective
editcallánach (genitive singular masculine callánaigh, genitive singular feminine callánaí, plural callánacha, comparative callánaí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | callánach | challánach | callánacha; challánacha2 | |
vocative | challánaigh | callánacha | ||
genitive | callánaí | callánacha | callánach | |
dative | callánach; challánach1 |
challánach; challánaigh (archaic) |
callánacha; challánacha2 | |
Comparative | níos callánaí | |||
Superlative | is callánaí |
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 |
---|---|---|
callánach | challánach | gcallánach |
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) “callánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “callánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “callánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024