gartach
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom gart (“generosity, hospitality, magnanimity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)
Etymology 2
editFrom garta (“wart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)
Declension
editDeclension of gartach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gartach | ghartach | gartacha; ghartacha² | |
Vocative | ghartaigh | gartacha | ||
Genitive | gartaí | gartacha | gartach | |
Dative | gartach; ghartach¹ |
ghartach; ghartaigh (archaic) |
gartacha; ghartacha² | |
Comparative | níos gartaí | |||
Superlative | is gartaí |
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 |
gartach | ghartach | ngartach |
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) “gartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN