grafach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom graf + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgrafach (genitive singular masculine grafaigh, genitive singular feminine grafaí, plural grafacha)
Declension
editDeclension of grafach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | grafach | ghrafach | grafacha; ghrafacha² | |
Vocative | ghrafaigh | grafacha | ||
Genitive | grafaí | grafacha | grafach | |
Dative | grafach; ghrafach¹ |
ghrafach; ghrafaigh (archaic) |
grafacha; ghrafacha² | |
Comparative | níos grafaí | |||
Superlative | is grafaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
grafach | ghrafach | ngrafach |
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) “grafach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN