gormghlas
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From gorm (“blue”) + glas (“green”).
Adjective edit
gormghlas (genitive singular masculine gormghlais, genitive singular feminine gormghlaise, plural gormghlasa, comparative gormghlaise)
Declension edit
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 edit
gormghlas m (genitive singular gormghlais)
- blue-green
- Synonym: gormuaine
- (geology) azure
Declension edit
Declension of gormghlas
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gormghlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gormghlas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gormghlas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.