Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gamnach. By surface analysis, gamhain + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡãuna(x)/
Noun
gamhnach f (genitive singular gamhnaí, nominative plural gamhnacha)
- stripper (cow that has nearly stopped giving milk)
Declension
Declension of gamhnach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gamhnach
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gamhnacha
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| vocative
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a ghamhnach
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a ghamhnacha
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| genitive
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gamhnaí
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gamhnach
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| dative
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gamhnach
gamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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gamhnacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ghamhnach
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na gamhnacha
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| genitive
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na gamhnaí
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na ngamhnach
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| dative
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leis an ngamhnach
leis an ngamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghamhnach
don ghamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na gamhnacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of gamhnach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gamhnach
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ghamhnach
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ngamhnach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “gamhnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gamnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaḃnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamhnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
