gealchroíoch

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From geal (“bright”) +‎ croí (“heart”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gealchroíoch (genitive singular masculine gealchroíoch, genitive singular feminine gealchroíche, plural gealchroíocha, comparative gealchroíche)

  1. lighthearted

Declension

Declension of gealchroíoch
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gealchroíoch ghealchroíoch gealchroíocha;
ghealchroíocha2
vocative ghealchroíoch gealchroíocha
genitive gealchroíche gealchroíocha gealchroíoch
dative gealchroíoch;
ghealchroíoch1 		ghealchroíoch gealchroíocha;
ghealchroíocha2
Comparative níos gealchroíche
Superlative is gealchroíche

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 gealchroíoch
radical lenition eclipsis
gealchroíoch ghealchroíoch ngealchroíoch

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

References

  1. ^ “gealchroíoch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 254, page 129

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