gearrghéagach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)

  1. short-limbed, short-armed

Declension

Declension of gearrghéagach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrghéagach ghearrghéagach gearrghéagacha;
ghearrghéagacha2
vocative ghearrghéagaigh gearrghéagacha
genitive gearrghéagaí gearrghéagacha gearrghéagach
dative gearrghéagach;
ghearrghéagach1 		ghearrghéagach;
ghearrghéagaigh (archaic) 		gearrghéagacha;
ghearrghéagacha2
Comparative níos gearrghéagaí
Superlative is gearrghéagaí

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 gearrghéagach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrghéagach ghearrghéagach ngearrghéagach

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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