gásach
See also: gasach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From gás (“gas”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
gásach (genitive singular masculine gásaigh, genitive singular feminine gásaí, plural gásacha, comparative gásaí)
Declension edit
Declension of gásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gásach | ghásach | gásacha; ghásacha² | |
| Vocative | ghásaigh | gásacha | ||
| Genitive | gásaí | gásacha | gásach | |
| Dative | gásach; ghásach¹ |
ghásach; ghásaigh (archaic) |
gásacha; ghásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gásaí | |||
| Superlative | is gásaí | |||
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 |
| gásach | ghásach | ngásach |
| 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) “gásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gásach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gásach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.