Gearmánach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom An Ghearmáin (“Germany”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editGearmánach (genitive singular masculine Gearmánaigh, genitive singular feminine Gearmánaí, plural Gearmánacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Gearmánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Gearmánach | Ghearmánach | Gearmánacha; Ghearmánacha² | |
| Vocative | Ghearmánaigh | Gearmánacha | ||
| Genitive | Gearmánaí | Gearmánacha | Gearmánach | |
| Dative | Gearmánach; Ghearmánach¹ |
Ghearmánach; Ghearmánaigh (archaic) |
Gearmánacha; Ghearmánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Gearmánaí | |||
| Superlative | is Gearmánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editGearmánach m (genitive singular Gearmánaigh, nominative plural Gearmánaigh)
- a German
Declension
editDeclension of Gearmánach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Gearmánach | Ghearmánach | nGearmánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ “Gearmánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “germáinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Gearmánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gearmánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Gearmánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024