geireach

Irish

Etymology

geir (“fat; suet, tallow”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

geireach (genitive singular masculine geirigh, genitive singular feminine geirí, plural geireacha, comparative geirí)

  1. fatty
  2. sebaceous

Declension

Declension of geireach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative geireach gheireach geireacha;
gheireacha2
vocative gheirigh geireacha
genitive geirí geireacha geireach
dative geireach;
gheireach1 		gheireach;
gheirigh (archaic) 		geireacha;
gheireacha2
Comparative níos geirí
Superlative is geirí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of geireach
radical lenition eclipsis
geireach gheireach ngeireach

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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