gnóthach

See also: gnothach

Irish

Etymology

From gnó, gnótha (“business”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːha(x)/[1] (as if spelled gnaethach); /ˈɡɾˠĩːha(x)/[2] (as if spelled gnaothach)

Adjective

gnóthach (genitive singular masculine gnóthaigh, genitive singular feminine gnóthaí, plural gnóthacha, comparative gnóthaí)

  1. busy, active
  2. officious

Declension

Declension of gnóthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gnóthach ghnóthach gnóthacha;
ghnóthacha2
vocative ghnóthaigh gnóthacha
genitive gnóthaí gnóthacha gnóthach
dative gnóthach;
ghnóthach1 		ghnóthach;
ghnóthaigh (archaic) 		gnóthacha;
ghnóthacha2
Comparative níos gnóthaí
Superlative is gnóthaí

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 gnóthach
radical lenition eclipsis
gnóthach ghnóthach ngnóthach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

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