gearrchaile

Irish

Etymology

From gearr (“young”) +‎ caile (“girl”).

Noun

gearrchaile m (genitive singular gearrchaile, nominative plural gearrchailí)

1. young girl, lass

Declension

Declension of gearrchaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gearrchaile gearrchailí Vocative a ghearrchaile a ghearrchailí Genitive gearrchaile gearrchailí Dative gearrchaile gearrchailí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gearrchaile na gearrchailí Genitive an ghearrchaile na ngearrchailí Dative leis an ngearrchaile don ghearrchaile leis na gearrchailí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearrchaile	ghearrchaile	ngearrchaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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