gearrbhéalach

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Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + béal (“mouth”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrbhéalach (genitive singular masculine gearrbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrbhéalaí, plural gearrbhéalacha, comparative gearrbhéalaí)

  1. curt, abrupt

Declension

Declension of gearrbhéalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gearrbhéalach ghearrbhéalach gearrbhéalacha;
ghearrbhéalacha2
vocative ghearrbhéalaigh gearrbhéalacha
genitive gearrbhéalaí gearrbhéalacha gearrbhéalach
dative gearrbhéalach;
ghearrbhéalach1 		ghearrbhéalach;
ghearrbhéalaigh (archaic) 		gearrbhéalacha;
ghearrbhéalacha2
Comparative níos gearrbhéalaí
Superlative is gearrbhéalaí

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 gearrbhéalach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrbhéalach ghearrbhéalach ngearrbhéalach

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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