gasach

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See also: gásach

Irish

Etymology

From gas (“stalk, stem; sprig, shoot, frond”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gasach (genitive singular masculine gasaigh, genitive singular feminine gasaí, plural gasacha, comparative gasaí)

  1. long-stalked
  2. abounding in stalks, in shoots.

Declension

Declension of gasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gasach ghasach gasacha;
ghasacha2
vocative ghasaigh gasacha
genitive gasaí gasacha gasach
dative gasach;
ghasach1 		ghasach;
ghasaigh (archaic) 		gasacha;
ghasacha2
Comparative níos gasaí
Superlative is gasaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gasach
radical lenition eclipsis
gasach ghasach ngasach

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

References

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