gearr-adharcach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ adharc (“horn”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearr-adharcach (genitive singular masculine gearr-adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine gearr-adharcaí, plural gearr-adharcacha, not comparable)

1. short-horned, shorthorn

Declension

Declension of gearr-adharcach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearr-adharcach	ghearr-adharcach	gearr-adharcacha; ghearr-adharcacha²
Vocative	ghearr-adharcaigh		gearr-adharcacha
Genitive		gearr-adharcaí	gearr-adharcacha	gearr-adharcach
Dative	gearr-adharcach; ghearr-adharcach¹	ghearr-adharcach; ghearr-adharcaigh (archaic)	gearr-adharcacha; ghearr-adharcacha²
Comparative	níos gearr-adharcaí
Superlative	is gearr-adharcaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

gearr-adharcach m (genitive singular gearr-adharcaigh, nominative plural gearr-adharcaigh)

1. shorthorn

Declension

Declension of gearr-adharcach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gearr-adharcach gearr-adharcaigh Vocative a ghearr-adharcaigh a ghearr-adharcacha Genitive gearr-adharcaigh gearr-adharcach Dative gearr-adharcach gearr-adharcaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gearr-adharcach na gearr-adharcaigh Genitive an ghearr-adharcaigh na ngearr-adharcach Dative leis an ngearr-adharcach don ghearr-adharcach leis na gearr-adharcaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearr-adharcach	ghearr-adharcach	ngearr-adharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearr-adharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearr-adharcach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gearr-adharcach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024