gearrchabhlach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short-”) + cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)

1. short-bodied

Declension

Declension of gearrchabhlach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrchabhlach	ghearrchabhlach	gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha²
Vocative	ghearrchabhlaigh		gearrchabhlacha
Genitive		gearrchabhlaí	gearrchabhlacha	gearrchabhlach
Dative	gearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlach¹	ghearrchabhlach; ghearrchabhlaigh (archaic)	gearrchabhlacha; ghearrchabhlacha²
Comparative	níos gearrchabhlaí
Superlative	is gearrchabhlaí

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
gearrchabhlach	ghearrchabhlach	ngearrchabhlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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