gearrmhuineálach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrmhuineálach (genitive singular masculine gearrmhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrmhuineálaí, plural gearrmhuineálacha, comparative gearrmhuineálaí)

  1. short-necked
    Antonyms: dúdach, fadmhuineálach, muineálach, scrogallach

Declension

Declension of gearrmhuineálach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrmhuineálach ghearrmhuineálach gearrmhuineálacha;
ghearrmhuineálacha2
vocative ghearrmhuineálaigh gearrmhuineálacha
genitive gearrmhuineálaí gearrmhuineálacha gearrmhuineálach
dative gearrmhuineálach;
ghearrmhuineálach1 		ghearrmhuineálach;
ghearrmhuineálaigh (archaic) 		gearrmhuineálacha;
ghearrmhuineálacha2
Comparative níos gearrmhuineálaí
Superlative is gearrmhuineálaí

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 gearrmhuineálach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrmhuineálach ghearrmhuineálach ngearrmhuineálach

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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