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)

busy, active
officious

Declension

Declension of *gnóthach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gnóthach	ghnóthach	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha²
vocative	ghnóthaigh	ghnóthach	gnóthacha
genitive	ghnóthaigh	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

Mutated forms of *gnóthach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnóthach	ghnóthach	ngnóthach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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