gabhálach
See also: gabhalach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
gabhálach (genitive singular masculine gabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine gabhálaí, plural gabhálacha, comparative gabhálaí)
- taking, catching
- receptive; contagious
- gripping, grasping, occupying
- possessive, avaricious
- Synonym: maoinchíocrach
Declension edit
Declension of gabhálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gabhálach | ghabhálach | gabhálacha; ghabhálacha² | |
| Vocative | ghabhálaigh | gabhálacha | ||
| Genitive | gabhálaí | gabhálacha | gabhálach | |
| Dative | gabhálach; ghabhálach¹ |
ghabhálach; ghabhálaigh (archaic) |
gabhálacha; ghabhálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gabhálaí | |||
| Superlative | is gabhálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- cúlghabhálach (“retroactive; retrospective”)
- gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)
- iarghabhálach (“retrospective”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gabhálach | ghabhálach | ngabhálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||