gallúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • galamhnach, galaoireach, galbhúnach, gallamhnach, gallaoileach, gallaoineach, gallaoireach, galluanach, galúnach[1][2]

Etymology

From Middle Irish gallúinech (“soap”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡəˈl̪ˠuːnˠəx/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑleːɾˠəx/[4] (corresponding to the form galaoireach)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡalˠuːnˠa(x)/, /ˈɡalˠuːnˠa(x)/

Noun

gallúnach f (genitive singular gallúnaí, nominative plural gallúnacha)

  1. soap
    Synonym: sópa
  2. (familiar) flattery, cajolery

Declension

Declension of gallúnach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gallúnach gallúnacha
vocative a ghallúnach a ghallúnacha
genitive gallúnaí gallúnach
dative gallúnach
gallúnaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		gallúnacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghallúnach na gallúnacha
genitive na gallúnaí na ngallúnach
dative leis an ngallúnach
leis an ngallúnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghallúnach
don ghallúnaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gallúnacha

Derived terms

  • barra gallúnaí (“a bar of soap”)
  • boilgeog gallúnaí (“soap-bubble”)
  • bosca gallúnaí (“soap-box”)
  • calóga gallúnaí (“soap-flakes”)
  • cloch ghallúnaí (“soap-stone”)
  • coire gallúnaí (“soap-boiler”)
  • déantóir gallúnaí (“soap-maker”)
  • faoi ghallúnach (“soapy”)
  • gallúnach bhearrtha (“shaving-soap”)
  • gallúnach bhog (“soft soap”)
  • gallúnach boladh breá (“perfumed soap”)
  • gallúnach láimhe (“hand soap”)
  • gallúnach photaise (“soft-soap”)
  • ladar gallúnaí (“lather of soap”)
  • sobal gallúnaí (“soap-suds”)
  • soitheach gallúnaí (“soap-dish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
gallúnach ghallúnach ngallúnach

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

References

  1. ^ “gallúnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gallaoineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gallúinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 120

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