gnóthach

See also: gnothach

Irish

Etymology

From gnó, gnótha (“business”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːha(x)/[1] (as if spelled gnaethach); /ˈɡɾˠĩːha(x)/[2] (as if spelled gnaothach)

Adjective

gnóthach (genitive singular masculine gnóthaigh, genitive singular feminine gnóthaí, plural gnóthacha, comparative gnóthaí)

  1. busy, active
  2. officious

Declension
Declension of gnóthach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gnóthach ghnóthach gnóthacha;
ghnóthacha²
Vocative ghnóthaigh gnóthacha
Genitive gnóthaí gnóthacha gnóthach
Dative gnóthach;
ghnóthach¹		 ghnóthach;
ghnóthaigh (archaic)		 gnóthacha;
ghnóthacha²
Comparative níos gnóthaí
Superlative is gnóthaí

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
gnóthach ghnóthach ngnóthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

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