gearrchosach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cos (“foot, leg”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchosach (genitive singular masculine gearrchosaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchosaí, plural gearrchosacha, comparative gearrchosaí)

  1. short-legged
  2. short-handled (of implement)

Declension

Declension of gearrchosach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrchosach ghearrchosach gearrchosacha;
ghearrchosacha2
vocative ghearrchosaigh gearrchosacha
genitive gearrchosaí gearrchosacha gearrchosach
dative gearrchosach;
ghearrchosach1 		ghearrchosach;
ghearrchosaigh (archaic) 		gearrchosacha;
ghearrchosacha2
Comparative níos gearrchosaí
Superlative is gearrchosaí

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 gearrchosach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrchosach ghearrchosach ngearrchosach

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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