gamalach

Irish

Alternative forms

• amalach

Etymology

From gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gamalach (genitive singular masculine gamalaigh, genitive singular feminine gamalaí, plural gamalacha, comparative gamalaí)

1. loutish, silly, moronic

   Synonyms: bómánta, dúramánta, pleidhciúil, pleotúil

Declension

Declension of gamalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gamalach	ghamalach	gamalacha; ghamalacha²
Vocative	ghamalaigh		gamalacha
Genitive		gamalaí	gamalacha	gamalach
Dative	gamalach; ghamalach¹	ghamalach; ghamalaigh (archaic)	gamalacha; ghamalacha²
Comparative	níos gamalaí
Superlative	is gamalaí

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
gamalach	ghamalach	ngamalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gamalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024