grádach

Irish

Etymology

From grád (“grade”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

grádach (genitive singular masculine grádaigh, genitive singular feminine grádaí, plural grádacha, comparative grádaí)

1. graded

Declension

Declension of grádach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	grádach	ghrádach	grádacha; ghrádacha²
Vocative	ghrádaigh		grádacha
Genitive		grádaí	grádacha	grádach
Dative	grádach; ghrádach¹	ghrádach; ghrádaigh (archaic)	grádacha; ghrádacha²
Comparative	níos grádaí
Superlative	is grádaí

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

• roithleán grádach (“step-cone”)
• ulóg ghrádach (“step pulley”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grádach	ghrádach	ngrádach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “grádach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “grádach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm