gairmeach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gairm (“call”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmigh, genitive singular feminine gairmí, plural gairmeacha, comparative gairmí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gairmeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gairmeach | ghairmeach | gairmeacha; ghairmeacha² | |
Vocative | ghairmigh | gairmeacha | ||
Genitive | gairmí | gairmeacha | gairmeach | |
Dative | gairmeach; ghairmeach¹ |
ghairmeach; ghairmigh (archaic) |
gairmeacha; ghairmeacha² | |
Comparative | níos gairmí | |||
Superlative | is gairmí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmigh, nominative plural gairmigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of gairmeach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gairmeach | ghairmeach | ngairmeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gairmeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gairmeach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gairmeach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gairm (“cry, call”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmich, comparative gairmiche)
Noun[edit]
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmich)
- (grammar, dated) vocative case
- Synonym: tuiseal gairmeach
- (archaic) appellative
- (archaic) calling
- (archaic) invitation
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gairmeach | ghairmeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵeh₂r-
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- ga:Grammar
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- gd:Grammar
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic dated terms
- Scottish Gaelic terms with archaic senses