gartach
Irish
Etymology 1
From gart (“generosity, hospitality, magnanimity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)
- (literary) generous, hospitable, magnanimous
Etymology 2
From garta (“wart”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gartach (genitive singular masculine gartaigh, genitive singular feminine gartaí, plural gartacha, comparative gartaí)
- warty; rough(-skinned)
Declension
Declension of gartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gartach | ghartach | gartacha; ghartacha² | |
| Vocative | ghartaigh | gartacha | ||
| Genitive | gartaí | gartacha | gartach | |
| Dative | gartach; ghartach¹ | ghartach; ghartaigh (archaic) | gartacha; ghartacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gartaí | |||
| Superlative | is gartaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gartach | ghartach | ngartach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "gartach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.