gearrchoileach

Irish

Etymology

gearr- (“small”) +‎ coileach (“cock, rooster”)

Noun

gearrchoileach m (genitive singular gearrchoiligh, nominative plural gearrchoiligh)

1. bantam (rooster)

Declension

Declension of gearrchoileach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gearrchoileach gearrchoiligh Vocative a ghearrchoiligh a ghearrchoileacha Genitive gearrchoiligh gearrchoileach Dative gearrchoileach gearrchoiligh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gearrchoileach na gearrchoiligh Genitive an ghearrchoiligh na ngearrchoileach Dative leis an ngearrchoileach don ghearrchoileach leis na gearrchoiligh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gearrchoileach	ghearrchoileach	ngearrchoileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrchoileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN