gnách
Irish
Alternative forms
- gnáthach
Etymology
From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, usual, constant; familiar, well-known”); synchronically gnáth + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/, /ɡɾˠɑːx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠæːx/
Adjective
gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)
- customary, usual
- common, ordinary
Declension
Declension of gnách
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gnách | ghnách | gnácha; ghnácha² | |
| Vocative | ghnách | gnácha | ||
| Genitive | gnáiche | gnácha | gnách | |
| Dative | gnách; ghnách¹ | ghnách | gnácha; ghnácha² | |
| Comparative | níos gnáiche | |||
| Superlative | is gnáiche | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- gnáth-
- (ordinary): normálta
Derived terms
- go gnách (“ordinarily”, adverb)
- síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gnách | ghnách | ngnách |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "gnách" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “gnáthach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN