greamach

Irish

Adjective

greamach (genitive singular masculine greamaigh, genitive singular feminine greamaí, plural greamacha, comparative greamaí)

  1. alternative form of greamannach (“biting, inclined to bite”)

Declension

Declension of greamach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative greamach ghreamach greamacha;
ghreamacha2
vocative ghreamaigh greamacha
genitive greamaí greamacha greamach
dative greamach;
ghreamach1 		ghreamach;
ghreamaigh (archaic) 		greamacha;
ghreamacha2
Comparative níos greamaí
Superlative is greamaí

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 greamach
radical lenition eclipsis
greamach ghreamach ngreamach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “greamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “greamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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