gnóthach

See also: gnothach

Irish

Etymology

From gnó, gnótha (“business”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːha(x)/^[1] (as if spelled gnaethach); /ˈɡɾˠĩːha(x)/^[2] (as if spelled gnaothach)

Adjective

gnóthach (genitive singular masculine gnóthaigh, genitive singular feminine gnóthaí, plural gnóthacha, comparative gnóthaí)

busy, active
officious

Declension

Declension of gnóthach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	gnóthach	ghnóthach	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha²
Vocative	ghnóthaigh	ghnóthach	gnóthacha
Genitive	ghnóthaigh	gnóthaí	gnóthacha	gnóthach
Dative	gnóthach; ghnóthach¹	ghnóthach; ghnóthaigh (archaic)	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha²
Comparative	níos gnóthaí
Superlative	is gnóthaí

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
gnóthach	ghnóthach	ngnóthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46