gnásach

Irish

Etymology

From gnás (“harelip”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gnásach (genitive singular masculine gnásaigh, genitive singular feminine gnásaí, plural gnásacha, comparative gnásaí)

1. harelipped

Declension

Declension of gnásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gnásach	ghnásach	gnásacha; ghnásacha²
Vocative	ghnásaigh		gnásacha
Genitive		gnásaí	gnásacha	gnásach
Dative	gnásach; ghnásach¹	ghnásach; ghnásaigh (archaic)	gnásacha; ghnásacha²
Comparative	níos gnásaí
Superlative	is gnásaí

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

Derived terms

• gnásachán m (“harelipped person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnásach	ghnásach	ngnásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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