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gineach (genitive singular masculine ginigh, genitive singular feminine giní, plural gineacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gineach | ghineach | gineacha; ghineacha2 | |
vocative | ghinigh | gineacha | ||
genitive | giní | gineacha | gineach | |
dative | gineach; ghineach1 |
ghineach; ghinigh (archaic) |
gineacha; ghineacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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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gineach | ghineach | ngineach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.