guanach

See also: Guánach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

guanach (genitive singular masculine guanaigh, genitive singular feminine guanaí, plural guanacha, comparative guanaí)

1. fanciful, silly

Declension

Declension of guanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	guanach	ghuanach	guanacha; ghuanacha²
Vocative	ghuanaigh		guanacha
Genitive		guanaí	guanacha	guanach
Dative	guanach; ghuanach¹	ghuanach; ghuanaigh (archaic)	guanacha; ghuanacha²
Comparative	níos guanaí
Superlative	is guanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• guanacht f (“fancifulness, silliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guanach	ghuanach	nguanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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