gearrchabhlach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short-”) + cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)

  1. short-bodied

Declension

Declension of gearrchabhlach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrchabhlach ghearrchabhlach gearrchabhlacha;
ghearrchabhlacha2
vocative ghearrchabhlaigh gearrchabhlacha
genitive gearrchabhlaí gearrchabhlacha gearrchabhlach
dative gearrchabhlach;
ghearrchabhlach1 		ghearrchabhlach;
ghearrchabhlaigh (archaic) 		gearrchabhlacha;
ghearrchabhlacha2
Comparative níos gearrchabhlaí
Superlative is gearrchabhlaí

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 gearrchabhlach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrchabhlach ghearrchabhlach ngearrchabhlach

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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