gearrghreamannach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ greamanna + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghreamannach (genitive singular masculine gearrghreamannaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghreamannaí, plural gearrghreamannacha, comparative gearrghreamannaí)

1. captious

   Synonym: beachtaíoch

Declension

Declension of gearrghreamannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrghreamannach	ghearrghreamannach	gearrghreamannacha; ghearrghreamannacha²
Vocative	ghearrghreamannaigh		gearrghreamannacha
Genitive		gearrghreamannaí	gearrghreamannacha	gearrghreamannach
Dative	gearrghreamannach; ghearrghreamannach¹	ghearrghreamannach; ghearrghreamannaigh (archaic)	gearrghreamannacha; ghearrghreamannacha²
Comparative	níos gearrghreamannaí
Superlative	is gearrghreamannaí

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
gearrghreamannach	ghearrghreamannach	ngearrghreamannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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