gearrchiorcad

Irish

Etymology

gearr- (“short”) +‎ ciorcad (“circuit”)

Noun

gearrchiorcad m (genitive singular gearrchiorcaid, nominative plural gearrchiorcaid)

short circuit

Declension

Declension of gearrchiorcad (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	gearrchiorcad	gearrchiorcaid
vocative	a ghearrchiorcaid	a ghearrchiorcada
genitive	gearrchiorcaid	gearrchiorcad
dative	gearrchiorcad	gearrchiorcaid

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an gearrchiorcad	na gearrchiorcaid
genitive	an ghearrchiorcaid	na ngearrchiorcad
dative	leis an ngearrchiorcad don ghearrchiorcad	leis na gearrchiorcaid

Verb

gearrchiorcad (present analytic gearrchiorcadann, future analytic gearrchiorcadfaidh, verbal noun gearrchiorcadadh, past participle gearrchiorcadta)

(transitive) short circuit

Conjugation

conjugation of gearrchiorcad (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	gearrchiorcadadh
past participle	gearrchiorcadta
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	gearrchiorcadaim	gearrchiorcadann tú; gearrchiorcadair^†	gearrchiorcadann sé, sí	gearrchiorcadaimid	gearrchiorcadann sibh	gearrchiorcadann siad; gearrchiorcadaid^†	a ghearrchiorcadann; a ghearrchiorcadas / a ngearrchiorcadann*	gearrchiorcadtar
past	ghearrchiorcad mé; ghearrchiorcadas	ghearrchiorcad tú; ghearrchiorcadais	ghearrchiorcad sé, sí	ghearrchiorcadamar; ghearrchiorcad muid	ghearrchiorcad sibh; ghearrchiorcadabhair	ghearrchiorcad siad; ghearrchiorcadadar	a ghearrchiorcad / ar ghearrchiorcad*	gearrchiorcadadh
past habitual	ghearrchiorcadainn / ngearrchiorcadainn‡‡	ghearrchiorcadtá / ngearrchiorcadtá‡‡	ghearrchiorcadadh sé, sí / ngearrchiorcadadh sé, sí‡‡	ghearrchiorcadaimis; ghearrchiorcadadh muid / ngearrchiorcadaimis‡‡; ngearrchiorcadadh muid‡‡	ghearrchiorcadadh sibh / ngearrchiorcadadh sibh‡‡	ghearrchiorcadaidís; ghearrchiorcadadh siad / ngearrchiorcadaidís‡‡; ngearrchiorcadadh siad‡‡	a ghearrchiorcadadh / a ngearrchiorcadadh*	ghearrchiorcadtaí / ngearrchiorcadtaí‡‡
future	gearrchiorcadfaidh mé; gearrchiorcadfad	gearrchiorcadfaidh tú; gearrchiorcadfair^†	gearrchiorcadfaidh sé, sí	gearrchiorcadfaimid; gearrchiorcadfaidh muid	gearrchiorcadfaidh sibh	gearrchiorcadfaidh siad; gearrchiorcadfaid^†	a ghearrchiorcadfaidh; a ghearrchiorcadfas / a ngearrchiorcadfaidh*	gearrchiorcadfar
conditional	ghearrchiorcadfainn / ngearrchiorcadfainn‡‡	ghearrchiorcadfá / ngearrchiorcadfá‡‡	ghearrchiorcadfadh sé, sí / ngearrchiorcadfadh sé, sí‡‡	ghearrchiorcadfaimis; ghearrchiorcadfadh muid / ngearrchiorcadfaimis‡‡; ngearrchiorcadfadh muid‡‡	ghearrchiorcadfadh sibh / ngearrchiorcadfadh sibh‡‡	ghearrchiorcadfaidís; ghearrchiorcadfadh siad / ngearrchiorcadfaidís‡‡; ngearrchiorcadfadh siad‡‡	a ghearrchiorcadfadh / a ngearrchiorcadfadh*	ghearrchiorcadfaí / ngearrchiorcadfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go ngearrchiorcada mé; go ngearrchiorcadad^†	go ngearrchiorcada tú; go ngearrchiorcadair^†	go ngearrchiorcada sé, sí	go ngearrchiorcadaimid; go ngearrchiorcada muid	go ngearrchiorcada sibh	go ngearrchiorcada siad; go ngearrchiorcadaid^†	—	go ngearrchiorcadtar
past	dá ngearrchiorcadainn	dá ngearrchiorcadtá	dá ngearrchiorcadadh sé, sí	dá ngearrchiorcadaimis; dá ngearrchiorcadadh muid	dá ngearrchiorcadadh sibh	dá ngearrchiorcadaidís; dá ngearrchiorcadadh siad	—	dá ngearrchiorcadtaí
imperative
–	gearrchiorcadaim	gearrchiorcad	gearrchiorcadadh sé, sí	gearrchiorcadaimis	gearrchiorcadaigí; gearrchiorcadaidh^†	gearrchiorcadaidís	—	gearrchiorcadtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gearrchiorcad*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrchiorcad	ghearrchiorcad	ngearrchiorcad

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchiorcad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN