From gearr-radharc (“short-sightedness, myopia”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
gearr-radharcach (genitive singular masculine gearr-radharcaigh, genitive singular feminine gearr-radharcaí, plural gearr-radharcacha, comparative gearr-radharcaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gearr-radharcach | ghearr-radharcach | gearr-radharcacha; ghearr-radharcacha2 | |
vocative | ghearr-radharcaigh | gearr-radharcacha | ||
genitive | gearr-radharcaí | gearr-radharcacha | gearr-radharcach | |
dative | gearr-radharcach; ghearr-radharcach1 |
ghearr-radharcach; ghearr-radharcaigh (archaic) |
gearr-radharcacha; ghearr-radharcacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gearr-radharcaí | |||
Superlative | is gearr-radharcaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gearr-radharcach | ghearr-radharcach | ngearr-radharcach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.