gotach
See also: Gotach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
gotach (genitive singular masculine gotaigh, genitive singular feminine gotaí, plural gotacha, comparative gotaí)
- stammering; lisping, indistinct
- (fashion, music, typography) Alternative letter-case form of Gotach (“Gothic”)
Declension edit
Declension of gotach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gotach | ghotach | gotacha; ghotacha² | |
| Vocative | ghotaigh | gotacha | ||
| Genitive | gotaí | gotacha | gotach | |
| Dative | gotach; ghotach¹ |
ghotach; ghotaigh (archaic) |
gotacha; ghotacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gotaí | |||
| Superlative | is gotaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gotach | ghotach | ngotach |
| 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) “gotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gotach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.