Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gilcach.[1] By surface analysis, giolc + -ach.
Pronunciation
Noun
giolcach f (genitive singular giolcaí, nominative plural giolcacha)
- reed (grass-like plant), (collective) reeds
- Synonyms: cuiscreach, biorrach
- cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof)
- Synonym: cána
Declension
Declension of giolcach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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giolcach
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giolcacha
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| vocative
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a ghiolcach
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a ghiolcacha
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| genitive
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giolcaí
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giolcach
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| dative
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giolcach
giolcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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giolcacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ghiolcach
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na giolcacha
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| genitive
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na giolcaí
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na ngiolcach
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| dative
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leis an ngiolcach
leis an ngiolcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghiolcach
don ghiolcaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na giolcacha
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of giolcach
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| giolcach
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ghiolcach
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ngiolcach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gilcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38
Further reading
- “giolcach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “giolcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 362
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giolcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
