galarach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From galar (“sickness, disease”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
galarach (genitive singular masculine galaraigh, genitive singular feminine galaraí, plural galaracha, comparative galaraí)
- Alternative spelling of galrach (“diseased, infected; sickly, morbid”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of galarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | galarach | ghalarach | galaracha; ghalaracha² | |
Vocative | ghalaraigh | galaracha | ||
Genitive | galaraí | galaracha | galarach | |
Dative | galarach; ghalarach¹ |
ghalarach; ghalaraigh (archaic) |
galaracha; ghalaracha² | |
Comparative | níos galaraí | |||
Superlative | is galaraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
galarach | ghalarach | ngalarach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN