gleoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• gleodhach (obsolete)

Etymology

From gleo (“noise; quarrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gleoch (genitive singular masculine gleoch, genitive singular feminine gleoiche, plural gleocha, comparative gleoiche)

1. noisy
2. quarrelsome

Declension

Declension of gleoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gleoch	ghleoch	gleocha; ghleocha²
Vocative	ghleoch		gleocha
Genitive		gleoiche	gleocha	gleoch
Dative	gleoch; ghleoch¹	ghleoch	gleocha; ghleocha²
Comparative	níos gleoiche
Superlative	is gleoiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• callánach
• glórach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gleoch	ghleoch	ngleoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.