gorach
Irish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editgorach (genitive singular masculine goraigh, genitive singular feminine goraí, plural goracha, comparative goraí)
Declension
editDeclension of gorach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gorach | ghorach | goracha; ghoracha² | |
Vocative | ghoraigh | goracha | ||
Genitive | goraí | goracha | gorach | |
Dative | gorach; ghorach¹ |
ghorach; ghoraigh (archaic) |
goracha; ghoracha² | |
Comparative | níos goraí | |||
Superlative | is goraí |
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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gorach | ghorach | ngorach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “gorach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 378
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Lower Sorbian
editNoun
editgorach