gnách

See also: Gnach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, familiar”).[1] By surface analysis, gnáth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːx/, [ɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːx][2]; (corresponding to the form gnáthach) /ˈɡn̪ˠɑːhəx/, [ˈɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːhəx][3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/, /ɡɾˠɑːx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠãːx/[4]

Adjective

gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)

  1. customary, usual
    Synonym: gnáth-
    go gnách ― ordinarily
  2. common, ordinary
    Synonym: normálta

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.

Derived terms
  • 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.

References
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70

Further reading
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