gineach

See also: -gineach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gineach (genitive singular masculine ginigh, genitive singular feminine giní, plural gineacha, not comparable)

  1. (genetics) genetic
    Synonym: géiniteach

Declension

Declension of gineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gineach ghineach gineacha;
ghineacha2
vocative ghinigh gineacha
genitive giní gineacha gineach
dative gineach;
ghineach1
ghineach;
ghinigh (archaic)
gineacha;
ghineacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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 gineach
radical lenition eclipsis
gineach ghineach ngineach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.