gormghlas

Irish

Etymology

From gorm (“blue”) +‎ glas (“green”).

Adjective

gormghlas (genitive singular masculine gormghlais, genitive singular feminine gormghlaise, plural gormghlasa, comparative gormghlaise)

1. blue-green; sea-green, aquamarine
2. blue-grey
3. azure

Declension

Declension of gormghlas

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gormghlas	ghormghlas	gormghlasa; ghormghlasa²
Vocative	ghormghlais		gormghlasa
Genitive		gormghlaise	gormghlasa	gormghlas
Dative	gormghlas; ghormghlas¹	ghormghlas; ghormghlais (archaic)	gormghlasa; ghormghlasa²
Comparative	níos gormghlaise
Superlative	is gormghlaise

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

Noun

gormghlas m (genitive singular gormghlais)

1. blue-green

   Synonym: gormuaine

2. (geology) azure

Declension

Declension of gormghlas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gormghlas Vocative a ghormghlais Genitive gormghlais Dative gormghlas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gormghlas Genitive an ghormghlais Dative leis an ngormghlas don ghormghlas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gormghlas	ghormghlas	ngormghlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gormghlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gormghlas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gormghlas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024