gearrghéagach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)

  1. short-limbed, short-armed

Declension
Declension of gearrghéagach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gearrghéagach ghearrghéagach gearrghéagacha;
ghearrghéagacha²
Vocative ghearrghéagaigh gearrghéagacha
Genitive gearrghéagaí gearrghéagacha gearrghéagach
Dative gearrghéagach;
ghearrghéagach¹		 ghearrghéagach;
ghearrghéagaigh (archaic)		 gearrghéagacha;
ghearrghéagacha²
Comparative níos gearrghéagaí
Superlative is gearrghéagaí

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
gearrghéagach ghearrghéagach ngearrghéagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.