gabhálach

See also: gabhalach

Irish

Etymology

From gabháil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gabhálach (genitive singular masculine gabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine gabhálaí, plural gabhálacha, comparative gabhálaí)

1. taking, catching
2. receptive; contagious
3. gripping, grasping, occupying
4. possessive, avaricious

   Synonym: maoinchíocrach

Declension

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

• cúlghabhálach (“retroactive; retrospective”)
• gabhálacht (“receptiveness, receptivity; contagiousness; graspingness, avarice”)
• iarghabhálach (“retrospective”)

 

Mutation

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.