gearbach
Irish
Alternative forms
- geargach
Etymology
From Old Irish gerbach (“scabby, mangy”). By surface analysis, gearb (“scab, mange”) + -ach.
Adjective
gearbach (genitive singular masculine gearbaigh, genitive singular feminine gearbaí, plural gearbacha, comparative gearbaí)
Declension
Declension of gearbach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gearbach | ghearbach | gearbacha; ghearbacha² | |
| Vocative | ghearbaigh | gearbacha | ||
| Genitive | gearbaí | gearbacha | gearbach | |
| Dative | gearbach; ghearbach¹ |
ghearbach; ghearbaigh (archaic) |
gearbacha; ghearbacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gearbaí | |||
| Superlative | is gearbaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Declension
Declension of gearbach
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearbach | ghearbach | ngearbach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gerbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gearbach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gearbach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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