gearrghéagach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)

1. short-limbed, short-armed

Declension

Declension of gearrghéagach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gearrghéagach	ghearrghéagach	gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha²
Vocative	ghearrghéagaigh		gearrghéagacha
Genitive		gearrghéagaí	gearrghéagacha	gearrghéagach
Dative	gearrghéagach; ghearrghéagach¹	ghearrghéagach; ghearrghéagaigh (archaic)	gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha²
Comparative	níos gearrghéagaí
Superlative	is gearrghéagaí

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
gearrghéagach	ghearrghéagach	ngearrghéagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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