gamalach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gamal (“gomeral, lout, simpleton, fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gamalach (genitive singular masculine gamalaigh, genitive singular feminine gamalaí, plural gamalacha, comparative gamalaí)

  1. loutish, silly, moronic
    Synonyms: bómánta, dúramánta, pleidhciúil, pleotúil

Declension

Declension of gamalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gamalach ghamalach gamalacha;
ghamalacha2
vocative ghamalaigh gamalacha
genitive gamalaí gamalacha gamalach
dative gamalach;
ghamalach1 		ghamalach;
ghamalaigh (archaic) 		gamalacha;
ghamalacha2
Comparative níos gamalaí
Superlative is gamalaí

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 gamalach
radical lenition eclipsis
gamalach ghamalach ngamalach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gamalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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