gearrbhéalach
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
Declension of gearrbhéalach
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
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gearrbhéalach | ghearrbhéalach | ngearrbhéalach |
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) “gearrbhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gearrbhéalach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gearrbhéalach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.