guaireach
Irish
Etymology 1
From guaire (“bristle”) + -ach.
Adjective
guaireach (genitive singular masculine guairigh, genitive singular feminine guairí, plural guaireacha, comparative guairí)
- bristly, setaceous
Declension
Declension of guaireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | guaireach | ghuaireach | guaireacha; ghuaireacha² | |
| Vocative | ghuairigh | guaireacha | ||
| Genitive | guairí | guaireacha | guaireach | |
| Dative | guaireach; ghuaireach¹ | ghuaireach; ghuairigh (archaic) | guaireacha; ghuaireacha² | |
| Comparative | níos guairí | |||
| Superlative | is guairí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- guaireachán m (“bristly creature or thing; person with stubbly beard”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish gúairech (“bristles”).
Noun
guaireach f (genitive singular guairí)
- rough hair, bristles
Declension
Declension of guaireach
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| guaireach | ghuaireach | nguaireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “guaireach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “guaireach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “guaireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúairech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language