geir (“fat; suet, tallow”) + -ach
geireach (genitive singular masculine geirigh, genitive singular feminine geirí, plural geireacha, comparative geirí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | geireach | gheireach | geireacha; gheireacha² | |
Vocative | gheirigh | geireacha | ||
Genitive | geirí | geireacha | geireach | |
Dative | geireach; gheireach¹ |
gheireach; gheirigh (archaic) |
geireacha; gheireacha² | |
Comparative | níos geirí | |||
Superlative | is geirí |
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 |
geireach | gheireach | ngeireach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |