géagleabhair
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From géag (“limb”) + leabhair (“long and slender”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
géagleabhair (genitive singular masculine géagleabhair, genitive singular feminine géagleabhaire, plural géagleabhaire, comparative géagleabhaire)
- slender-limbed
Declension edit
Declension of géagleabhair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | géagleabhair | ghéagleabhair | géagleabhaire; ghéagleabhaire² | |
| Vocative | ghéagleabhair | géagleabhaire | ||
| Genitive | géagleabhaire | géagleabhaire | géagleabhair | |
| Dative | géagleabhair; ghéagleabhair¹ |
ghéagleabhair | géagleabhaire; ghéagleabhaire² | |
| Comparative | níos géagleabhaire | |||
| Superlative | is géagleabhaire | |||
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 |
| géagleabhair | ghéagleabhair | ngéagleabhair |
| 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) “géagleabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN