gamhnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• gabhnach

Etymology

From Old Irish gamnach. By surface analysis, gamhain +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡãuna(x)/

Noun

gamhnach f (genitive singular gamhnaí, nominative plural gamhnacha)

1. stripper (cow that has nearly stopped giving milk)

Declension

Declension of gamhnach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gamhnach gamhnacha Vocative a ghamhnach a ghamhnacha Genitive gamhnaí gamhnach Dative gamhnach gamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) gamhnacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghamhnach na gamhnacha Genitive na gamhnaí na ngamhnach Dative leis an ngamhnach leis an ngamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghamhnach don ghamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na gamhnacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gamhnach	ghamhnach	ngamhnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “gamhnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gamnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaḃnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamhnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57