gearrchloigneach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cloigeann (“skull, head”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchloigneach (genitive singular masculine gearrchloignigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchloigní, plural gearrchloigneacha, comparative gearrchloigní)

1. short-headed

Declension

Declension of gearrchloigneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrchloigneach	ghearrchloigneach	gearrchloigneacha; ghearrchloigneacha²
Vocative	ghearrchloignigh		gearrchloigneacha
Genitive		gearrchloigní	gearrchloigneacha	gearrchloigneach
Dative	gearrchloigneach; ghearrchloigneach¹	ghearrchloigneach; ghearrchloignigh (archaic)	gearrchloigneacha; ghearrchloigneacha²
Comparative	níos gearrchloigní
Superlative	is gearrchloigní

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
gearrchloigneach	ghearrchloigneach	ngearrchloigneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchloigneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchloigneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm