From gearr- (“short”) + cluas (“ear”) + -ach.
gearrchluasach (genitive singular masculine gearrchluasaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchluasaí, plural gearrchluasacha, comparative gearrchluasaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha2 | |
vocative | ghearrchluasaigh | gearrchluasacha | ||
genitive | gearrchluasaí | gearrchluasacha | gearrchluasach | |
dative | gearrchluasach; ghearrchluasach1 |
ghearrchluasach; ghearrchluasaigh (archaic) |
gearrchluasacha; ghearrchluasacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gearrchluasaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrchluasaí |
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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gearrchluasach | ghearrchluasach | ngearrchluasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.