glóthach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

glóthach (genitive singular masculine glóthaigh, genitive singular feminine glóthaí, plural glóthacha, comparative glóthaí)

  1. gelatinous
  2. viscous

Declension

Declension of glóthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative glóthach ghlóthach glóthacha;
ghlóthacha2
vocative ghlóthaigh glóthacha
genitive glóthaí glóthacha glóthach
dative glóthach;
ghlóthach1 		ghlóthach;
ghlóthaigh (archaic) 		glóthacha;
ghlóthacha2
Comparative níos glóthaí
Superlative is glóthaí

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

Noun

glóthach f (genitive singular glóthaí, nominative plural glóthacha)

  1. jelly
  2. (chemistry) gel
  3. (veterinary medicine) animal slime

Declension

Declension of glóthach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glóthach glóthacha
vocative a ghlóthach a ghlóthacha
genitive glóthaí glóthach
dative glóthach glóthacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghlóthach na glóthacha
genitive na glóthaí na nglóthach
dative leis an nglóthach
don ghlóthach 		leis na glóthacha

Derived terms

  • glóthach fhroig (“frog-spawn”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glóthach
radical lenition eclipsis
glóthach ghlóthach nglóthach

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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