gearrchluasach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (short) +‎ cluas (ear) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)

  1. short-eared

Declension

Declension of gearrchluasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrchluasach ghearrchluasach gearrchluasacha;
ghearrchluasacha2
vocative ghearrchluasaigh gearrchluasacha
genitive gearrchluasaí gearrchluasacha gearrchluasach
dative gearrchluasach;
ghearrchluasach1
ghearrchluasach;
ghearrchluasaigh (archaic)
gearrchluasacha;
ghearrchluasacha2
Comparative níos gearrchluasaí
Superlative is gearrchluasaí

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 gearrchluasach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrchluasach ghearrchluasach ngearrchluasach

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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