galrach
Irish
Etymology 1
From galar (“sickness, disease”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
galrach (genitive singular masculine galraigh, genitive singular feminine galraí, plural galracha, comparative galraí)
- diseased, infected
- sickly, morbid
- pathological
Declension
Declension of galrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | galrach | ghalrach | galracha; ghalracha² | |
Vocative | ghalraigh | galracha | ||
Genitive | galraí | galracha | galrach | |
Dative | galrach; ghalrach¹ | ghalrach; ghalraigh (archaic) | galracha; ghalracha² | |
Comparative | níos galraí | |||
Superlative | is galraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
- galarach
Derived terms
- galrachán m (“sickly creature or thing”)
Related terms
- galracht f (“sickliness, morbidity”)
Noun
galrach m (genitive singular galraigh, nominative plural galraigh)
- Alternative form of garlach (“child, kid; brat, urchin”)
Declension
Declension of galrach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
galrach | ghalrach | ngalrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “galrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “galrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “galrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.