glacach

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Irish

Etymology

From glac +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

glacach (genitive singular masculine glacaigh, genitive singular feminine glacaí, plural glacacha, comparative glacaí)

  1. hand-like; grasping
  2. receptive
  3. forked

Declension

Declension of glacach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative glacach ghlacach glacacha;
ghlacacha²
Vocative ghlacaigh glacacha
Genitive glacaí glacacha glacach
Dative glacach;
ghlacach¹ 		ghlacach;
ghlacaigh (archaic) 		glacacha;
ghlacacha²
Comparative níos glacaí
Superlative is glacaí

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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glacach ghlacach nglacach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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