galach

See also: Galach and Gałach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈl̪ˠɑx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalˠa(h)/

Etymology 1

From gal (“warlike ardor; valor, fury; vapor, steam; boiling heat”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

galach (genitive singular masculine galaigh, genitive singular feminine galaí, plural galacha, comparative galaí)

1. ardent, valiant
2. vaporous, steaming
3. boiling hot

Declension

Declension of galach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	galach	ghalach	galacha; ghalacha²
Vocative	ghalaigh		galacha
Genitive		galaí	galacha	galach
Dative	galach; ghalach¹	ghalach; ghalaigh (archaic)	galacha; ghalacha²
Comparative	níos galaí
Superlative	is galaí

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

Noun

galach m (genitive singular galaigh, nominative plural galaigh)

1. valiant man, warrior
2. boaster, blusterer

   Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, gal

Declension

Declension of galach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative galach galaigh Vocative a ghalaigh a ghalacha Genitive galaigh galach Dative galach galaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an galach na galaigh Genitive an ghalaigh na ngalach Dative leis an ngalach don ghalach leis na galaigh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

galach f

1. genitive singular of gail (“(act of) steaming, boiling”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
galach	ghalach	ngalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “steaming”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “galach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.