greamannach

Irish

Alternative forms

• greamach

Etymology

From greim, greamanna (“grip, grasp, hold”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

greamannach (genitive singular masculine greamannaigh, genitive singular feminine greamannaí, plural greamannacha, comparative greamannaí)

1. biting, inclined to bite
2. sticky

Declension

Declension of greamannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	greamannach	ghreamannach	greamannacha; ghreamannacha²
Vocative	ghreamannaigh		greamannacha
Genitive		greamannaí	greamannacha	greamannach
Dative	greamannach; ghreamannach¹	ghreamannach; ghreamannaigh (archaic)	greamannacha; ghreamannacha²
Comparative	níos greamannaí
Superlative	is greamannaí

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

• nóta greamach m (“Post-it note”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
greamannach	ghreamannach	ngreamannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greamannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “greamannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm