geireach

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Irish

Etymology

geir (“fat; suet, tallow”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

geireach (genitive singular masculine geirigh, genitive singular feminine geirí, plural geireacha, comparative geirí)

  1. fatty
  2. sebaceous

Declension

Declension of geireach
singular plural (m/f)
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.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of geireach
radical lenition eclipsis
geireach gheireach ngeireach

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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