From gearr- (“short”) + cos (“foot, leg”) + -ach.
gearrchosach (genitive singular masculine gearrchosaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchosaí, plural gearrchosacha, comparative gearrchosaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gearrchosach | ghearrchosach | gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha² | |
Vocative | ghearrchosaigh | gearrchosacha | ||
Genitive | gearrchosaí | gearrchosacha | gearrchosach | |
Dative | gearrchosach; ghearrchosach¹ |
ghearrchosach; ghearrchosaigh (archaic) |
gearrchosacha; ghearrchosacha² | |
Comparative | níos gearrchosaí | |||
Superlative | is gearrchosaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gearrchosach | ghearrchosach | ngearrchosach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |