gearr-radharcach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From gearr-radharc (“short-sightedness, myopia”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
gearr-radharcach (genitive singular masculine gearr-radharcaigh, genitive singular feminine gearr-radharcaí, plural gearr-radharcacha, comparative gearr-radharcaí)
- short-sighted, myopic
- Synonym: dallradharcach
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearr-radharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN