gearr-adharcach
Irish
Etymology
From gearr- (“short”) + adharc (“horn”) + -ach.
Adjective
gearr-adharcach (genitive singular masculine gearr-adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine gearr-adharcaí, plural gearr-adharcacha, not comparable)
- short-horned, shorthorn
Declension
Declension of gearr-adharcach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gearr-adharcach | ghearr-adharcach | gearr-adharcacha; ghearr-adharcacha² | |
Vocative | ghearr-adharcaigh | gearr-adharcacha | ||
Genitive | gearr-adharcaí | gearr-adharcacha | gearr-adharcach | |
Dative | gearr-adharcach; ghearr-adharcach¹ | ghearr-adharcach; ghearr-adharcaigh (archaic) | gearr-adharcacha; ghearr-adharcacha² | |
Comparative | níos gearr-adharcaí | |||
Superlative | is gearr-adharcaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
gearr-adharcach m (genitive singular gearr-adharcaigh, nominative plural gearr-adharcaigh)
- shorthorn
Declension
Declension of gearr-adharcach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gearr-adharcach | ghearr-adharcach | ngearr-adharcach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gearr-adharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gearr-adharcach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gearr-adharcach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.