gearrbhéalach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + béal (“mouth”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrbhéalach (genitive singular masculine gearrbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrbhéalaí, plural gearrbhéalacha, comparative gearrbhéalaí)

  1. curt, abrupt

Declension

Declension of gearrbhéalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrbhéalach ghearrbhéalach gearrbhéalacha;
ghearrbhéalacha2
vocative ghearrbhéalaigh gearrbhéalacha
genitive gearrbhéalaí gearrbhéalacha gearrbhéalach
dative gearrbhéalach;
ghearrbhéalach1 		ghearrbhéalach;
ghearrbhéalaigh (archaic) 		gearrbhéalacha;
ghearrbhéalacha2
Comparative níos gearrbhéalaí
Superlative is gearrbhéalaí

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 gearrbhéalach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrbhéalach ghearrbhéalach ngearrbhéalach

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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