giolcach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gilcach. By surface analysis, giolc +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɨ̞lˠka(x)/, /ˈɟɨ̞l̪ˠka(x)/

Noun

giolcach f (genitive singular giolcaí, nominative plural giolcacha)

1. reed (grass-like plant), (collective) reeds

   Synonyms: cuiscreach, biorrach

2. cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof)

   Synonym: cána

Declension

Declension of giolcach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giolcach giolcacha Vocative a ghiolcach a ghiolcacha Genitive giolcaí giolcach Dative giolcach giolcaigh (archaic, dialectal) giolcacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghiolcach na giolcacha Genitive na giolcaí na ngiolcach Dative leis an ngiolcach leis an ngiolcaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghiolcach don ghiolcaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na giolcacha

Derived terms

• sraith ghiolcach
• giolcach shléibhe (“broom (Fabaceae shrub)”)
• giolcach nimhe (“butcher's broom, knee holly”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giolcach	ghiolcach	ngiolcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “giolcach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giolcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 362
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giolcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN