gasach

See also: gásach

Irish

Etymology

From gas (“stalk, stem; sprig, shoot, frond”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gasach (genitive singular masculine gasaigh, genitive singular feminine gasaí, plural gasacha, comparative gasaí)

1. long-stalked
2. abounding in stalks, in shoots.

Declension

Declension of gasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gasach	ghasach	gasacha; ghasacha²
Vocative	ghasaigh		gasacha
Genitive		gasaí	gasacha	gasach
Dative	gasach; ghasach¹	ghasach; ghasaigh (archaic)	gasacha; ghasacha²
Comparative	níos gasaí
Superlative	is gasaí

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
gasach	ghasach	ngasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN