From gal (“warlike ardor; valor, fury; vapor, steam; boiling heat”) + -ach.
galach (genitive singular masculine galaigh, genitive singular feminine galaí, plural galacha, comparative galaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | galach | ghalach | galacha; ghalacha² | |
| Vocative | ghalaigh | galacha | ||
| Genitive | galaí | galacha | galach | |
| Dative | galach; ghalach¹ |
ghalach; ghalaigh (archaic) |
galacha; ghalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos galaí | |||
| Superlative | is galaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
galach m (genitive singular galaigh, nominative plural galaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
galach f
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| galach | ghalach | ngalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||