From gairm (“call”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmigh, genitive singular feminine gairmí, plural gairmeacha, comparative gairmí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gairmeach | ghairmeach | gairmeacha; ghairmeacha² | |
| Vocative | ghairmigh | gairmeacha | ||
| Genitive | gairmí | gairmeacha | gairmeach | |
| Dative | gairmeach; ghairmeach¹ |
ghairmeach; ghairmigh (archaic) |
gairmeacha; ghairmeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gairmí | |||
| Superlative | is gairmí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmigh, nominative plural gairmigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gairmeach | ghairmeach | ngairmeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From gairm (“cry, call”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
gairmeach (genitive singular masculine gairmich, comparative gairmiche)
gairmeach m (genitive singular gairmich)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| gairmeach | ghairmeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |