gnách

See also: Gnach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, familiar”).[1] By surface analysis, gnáth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)

  1. customary, usual
    Synonym: gnáth-
    go gnách ― ordinarily
  2. common, ordinary
    Synonym: normálta

Declension

Declension of gnách
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gnách ghnách gnácha;
ghnácha2
vocative ghnách gnácha
genitive gnáiche gnácha gnách
dative gnách;
ghnách1 		ghnách gnácha;
ghnácha2
Comparative níos gnáiche
Superlative is gnáiche

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

  • síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gnách
radical lenition eclipsis
gnách ghnách ngnách

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

References

  1. ^ * Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnáthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 123, page 65
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 127
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70

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