gnách

See also: Gnach

Irish

From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, familiar”).^[1] By surface analysis, gnáth +‎ -ach.

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːx/^[2]; /ˈɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːhəx/^[3] (corresponding to the form gnáthach)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/^[4], /ɡɾˠɑːx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠãːx/^[5]

gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)

Declension of gnách

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	gnách	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha²
Vocative	ghnách	ghnách	gnácha
Genitive	ghnách	gnáiche	gnácha	gnách
Dative	gnách; ghnách¹	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha²
Comparative	níos gnáiche
Superlative	is gnáiche

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnách	ghnách	ngnách
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

^ * Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnáthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 123, page 65
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70