gearrchluasach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cluas (“ear”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)

1. short-eared

Declension

Declension of gearrchluasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrchluasach	ghearrchluasach	gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha²
Vocative	ghearrchluasaigh		gearrchluasacha
Genitive		gearrchluasaí	gearrchluasacha	gearrchluasach
Dative	gearrchluasach; ghearrchluasach¹	ghearrchluasach; ghearrchluasaigh (archaic)	gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha²
Comparative	níos gearrchluasaí
Superlative	is gearrchluasaí

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
gearrchluasach	ghearrchluasach	ngearrchluasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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