gamalach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgamalach (genitive singular masculine gamalaigh, genitive singular feminine gamalaí, plural gamalacha, comparative gamalaí)
Declension
editDeclension of gamalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gamalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024