gearrghreamannach

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Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

gearrghreamannach (genitive singular masculine gearrghreamannaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghreamannaí, plural gearrghreamannacha, comparative gearrghreamannaí)

  1. captious
    Synonym: beachtaíoch

Declension

Declension of gearrghreamannach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gearrghreamannach ghearrghreamannach gearrghreamannacha;
ghearrghreamannacha2
vocative ghearrghreamannaigh gearrghreamannacha
genitive gearrghreamannaí gearrghreamannacha gearrghreamannach
dative gearrghreamannach;
ghearrghreamannach1 		ghearrghreamannach;
ghearrghreamannaigh (archaic) 		gearrghreamannacha;
ghearrghreamannacha2
Comparative níos gearrghreamannaí
Superlative is gearrghreamannaí

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 gearrghreamannach
radical lenition eclipsis
gearrghreamannach ghearrghreamannach ngearrghreamannach

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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