gamhnach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gamnach. By surface analysis, gamhain +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

gamhnach f (genitive singular gamhnaí, nominative plural gamhnacha)

  1. stripper (cow that has nearly stopped giving milk)

Declension

Declension of gamhnach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gamhnach gamhnacha
vocative a ghamhnach a ghamhnacha
genitive gamhnaí gamhnach
dative gamhnach
gamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
gamhnacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ghamhnach na gamhnacha
genitive na gamhnaí na ngamhnach
dative leis an ngamhnach
leis an ngamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghamhnach
don ghamhnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na gamhnacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of gamhnach
radical lenition eclipsis
gamhnach ghamhnach ngamhnach

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

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