Gearmánach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From An Ghearmáin (“Germany”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɟɛɾˠəmˠoːnəx/[2] (as if spelled Gearmónach)

Adjective

Gearmánach (genitive singular masculine Gearmánaigh, genitive singular feminine Gearmánaí, plural Gearmánacha, not comparable)

  1. German
  2. Germanic, Teutonic

Declension

Declension of Gearmánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Gearmánach Ghearmánach Gearmánacha;
Ghearmánacha2
vocative Ghearmánaigh Gearmánacha
genitive Gearmánaí Gearmánacha Gearmánach
dative Gearmánach;
Ghearmánach1 		Ghearmánach;
Ghearmánaigh (archaic) 		Gearmánacha;
Ghearmánacha2
Comparative níos Gearmánaí
Superlative is Gearmánaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Gearmánach m (genitive singular Gearmánaigh, nominative plural Gearmánaigh)

  1. a German

Declension

Declension of Gearmánach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Gearmánach Gearmánaigh
vocative a Ghearmánaigh a Ghearmánacha
genitive Gearmánaigh Gearmánach
dative Gearmánach Gearmánaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Gearmánach na Gearmánaigh
genitive an Ghearmánaigh na nGearmánach
dative leis an nGearmánach
don Ghearmánach 		leis na Gearmánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gearmánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Gearmánach Ghearmánach nGearmánach

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

References

  1. ^ “Gearmánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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