gearrchosach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cos (“foot, leg”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchosach (genitive singular masculine gearrchosaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchosaí, plural gearrchosacha, comparative gearrchosaí)

1. short-legged
2. short-handled (of implement)

Declension

Declension of gearrchosach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrchosach	ghearrchosach	gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha²
Vocative	ghearrchosaigh		gearrchosacha
Genitive		gearrchosaí	gearrchosacha	gearrchosach
Dative	gearrchosach; ghearrchosach¹	ghearrchosach; ghearrchosaigh (archaic)	gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha²
Comparative	níos gearrchosaí
Superlative	is gearrchosaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearrchosach	ghearrchosach	ngearrchosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchosach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm