gormshúileach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom gorm (“blue”) + súileach (“eyed”).
Adjective
editgormshúileach (genitive singular masculine gormshúiligh, genitive singular feminine gormshúilí, plural gormshúileacha, comparative gormshúilí)
Declension
editDeclension of gormshúileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gormshúileach | ghormshúileach | gormshúileacha; ghormshúileacha² | |
Vocative | ghormshúiligh | gormshúileacha | ||
Genitive | gormshúilí | gormshúileacha | gormshúileach | |
Dative | gormshúileach; ghormshúileach¹ |
ghormshúileach; ghormshúiligh (archaic) |
gormshúileacha; ghormshúileacha² | |
Comparative | níos gormshúilí | |||
Superlative | is gormshúilí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editgormshúileach m (genitive singular gormshúiligh, nominative plural gormshúileacha)
Declension
editDeclension of gormshúileach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gormshúileach | ghormshúileach | ngormshúileach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gormshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN