gasach
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See also: gásach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gas (“stalk, stem; sprig, shoot, frond”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gasach (genitive singular masculine gasaigh, genitive singular feminine gasaí, plural gasacha, comparative gasaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gasach | ghasach | gasacha; ghasacha2 | |
| vocative | ghasaigh | gasacha | ||
| genitive | gasaí | gasacha | gasach | |
| dative | gasach; ghasach1 |
ghasach; ghasaigh (archaic) |
gasacha; ghasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos gasaí | |||
| Superlative | is gasaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gasach | ghasach | ngasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN