gearrshaolach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + saol (“life”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrshaolach (genitive singular masculine gearrshaolaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrshaolaí, plural gearrshaolacha, comparative gearrshaolaí)

  1. short-lived
  2. ephemeral, transitory
    Synonyms: neamhbhuan, díomuan

Declension

Declension of gearrshaolach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gearrshaolach ghearrshaolach gearrshaolacha;
ghearrshaolacha2
vocative ghearrshaolaigh gearrshaolacha
genitive gearrshaolaí gearrshaolacha gearrshaolach
dative gearrshaolach;
ghearrshaolach1 		ghearrshaolach;
ghearrshaolaigh (archaic) 		gearrshaolacha;
ghearrshaolacha2
Comparative níos gearrshaolaí
Superlative is gearrshaolaí

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 gearrshaolach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrshaolach ghearrshaolach ngearrshaolach

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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