galrach

Irish

Etymology 1

From galar (“sickness, disease”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

galrach (genitive singular masculine galraigh, genitive singular feminine galraí, plural galracha, comparative galraí)

  1. diseased, infected
  2. sickly, morbid
  3. pathological
Declension
Declension of galrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative galrach ghalrach galracha;
ghalracha2
vocative ghalraigh galracha
genitive galraí galracha galrach
dative galrach;
ghalrach1 		ghalrach;
ghalraigh (archaic) 		galracha;
ghalracha2
Comparative níos galraí
Superlative is galraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • galrachán m (“sickly creature or thing”)
  • galracht f (“sickliness, morbidity”)

Etymology 2

Noun

galrach m (genitive singular galraigh, nominative plural galraigh)

  1. alternative form of garlach (“child, kid; brat, urchin”)
Declension
Declension of galrach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative galrach galraigh
vocative a ghalraigh a ghalracha
genitive galraigh galrach
dative galrach galraigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an galrach na galraigh
genitive an ghalraigh na ngalrach
dative leis an ngalrach
don ghalrach 		leis na galraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of galrach
radical lenition eclipsis
galrach ghalrach ngalrach

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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