Irish
Etymology
From gearr- + capall.
Noun
gearrchapall m (genitive singular gearrchapaill, nominative plural gearrchapaill)
- synonym of gearrán
- pony, cob
- Synonyms: capaillín, leathchapall, pónaí
- medium-sized horse
- Synonym: gearrchapall maith
Declension
Declension of gearrchapall (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gearrchapall
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gearrchapaill
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| vocative
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a ghearrchapaill
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a ghearrchapalla
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| genitive
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gearrchapaill
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gearrchapall
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| dative
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gearrchapall
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gearrchapaill
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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 gearrchapall
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na gearrchapaill
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| genitive
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an ghearrchapaill
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na ngearrchapall
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| dative
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leis an ngearrchapall don ghearrchapall
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leis na gearrchapaill
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Mutation
Mutated forms of gearrchapall
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gearrchapall
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ghearrchapall
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ngearrchapall
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchapall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrchapall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gearrchapall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025