gearr-radharcach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr-radharc (“short-sightedness, myopia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearr-radharcach (genitive singular masculine gearr-radharcaigh, genitive singular feminine gearr-radharcaí, plural gearr-radharcacha, comparative gearr-radharcaí)

1. short-sighted, myopic

   Synonym: dallradharcach

Declension

Declension of gearr-radharcach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearr-radharcach	ghearr-radharcach	gearr-radharcacha; ghearr-radharcacha²
Vocative	ghearr-radharcaigh		gearr-radharcacha
Genitive		gearr-radharcaí	gearr-radharcacha	gearr-radharcach
Dative	gearr-radharcach; ghearr-radharcach¹	ghearr-radharcach; ghearr-radharcaigh (archaic)	gearr-radharcacha; ghearr-radharcacha²
Comparative	níos gearr-radharcaí
Superlative	is gearr-radharcaí

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
gearr-radharcach	ghearr-radharcach	ngearr-radharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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