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)

  1. short-horned, shorthorn

Declension
Declension of gearr-adharcach
Singular Plural (m/f)
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)

  1. shorthorn

Declension
Declension of gearr-adharcach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gearr-adharcach gearr-adharcaigh
Vocative a ghearr-adharcaigh a ghearr-adharcacha
Genitive gearr-adharcaigh gearr-adharcach
Dative gearr-adharcach gearr-adharcaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gearr-adharcach na gearr-adharcaigh
Genitive an ghearr-adharcaigh na ngearr-adharcach
Dative leis an ngearr-adharcach

don ghearr-adharcach

 leis na gearr-adharcaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
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.

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