gabhálach

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Irish

Etymology

From gabháil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gabhálach (genitive singular masculine gabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine gabhálaí, plural gabhálacha, comparative gabhálaí)

  1. taking, catching
  2. receptive; contagious
  3. gripping, grasping, occupying
  4. possessive, avaricious
    Synonym: maoinchíocrach

Declension

Declension of gabhálach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gabhálach ghabhálach gabhálacha;
ghabhálacha²
Vocative ghabhálaigh gabhálacha
Genitive gabhálaí gabhálacha gabhálach
Dative gabhálach;
ghabhálach¹ 		ghabhálach;
ghabhálaigh (archaic) 		gabhálacha;
ghabhálacha²
Comparative níos gabhálaí
Superlative is gabhálaí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gabhálach ghabhálach ngabhálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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