gearrchloigneach

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Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ cloigeann (“skull, head”) + -ach.

Adjective

gearrchloigneach (genitive singular masculine gearrchloignigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchloigní, plural gearrchloigneacha, comparative gearrchloigní)

  1. short-headed

Declension

Declension of gearrchloigneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gearrchloigneach ghearrchloigneach gearrchloigneacha;
ghearrchloigneacha2
vocative ghearrchloignigh gearrchloigneacha
genitive gearrchloigní gearrchloigneacha gearrchloigneach
dative gearrchloigneach;
ghearrchloigneach1 		ghearrchloigneach;
ghearrchloignigh (archaic) 		gearrchloigneacha;
ghearrchloigneacha2
Comparative níos gearrchloigní
Superlative is gearrchloigní

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 gearrchloigneach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrchloigneach ghearrchloigneach ngearrchloigneach

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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