géagscaoilteach

Irish

Etymology

From géag (“limb”) +‎ scaoilte (“loose”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

géagscaoilteach (genitive singular masculine géagscaoiltigh, genitive singular feminine géagscaoiltí, plural géagscaoilteacha, comparative géagscaoiltí)

  1. alternative form of géagscaoilte (“loose-limbed”)

Declension

Declension of géagscaoilteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative géagscaoilteach ghéagscaoilteach géagscaoilteacha;
ghéagscaoilteacha2
vocative ghéagscaoiltigh géagscaoilteacha
genitive géagscaoiltí géagscaoilteacha géagscaoilteach
dative géagscaoilteach;
ghéagscaoilteach1 		ghéagscaoilteach;
ghéagscaoiltigh (archaic) 		géagscaoilteacha;
ghéagscaoilteacha2
Comparative níos géagscaoiltí
Superlative is géagscaoiltí

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 géagscaoilteach
radical lenition eclipsis
géagscaoilteach ghéagscaoilteach ngéagscaoilteach

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

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