From gleo (“noise; quarrel”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
gleoch (genitive singular masculine gleoch, genitive singular feminine gleoiche, plural gleocha, comparative gleoiche)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gleoch | ghleoch | gleocha; ghleocha2 | |
vocative | ghleoch | gleocha | ||
genitive | gleoiche | gleocha | gleoch | |
dative | gleoch; ghleoch1 |
ghleoch | gleocha; ghleocha2 | |
Comparative | níos gleoiche | |||
Superlative | is gleoiche |
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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gleoch | ghleoch | ngleoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.