gnásach

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Irish

Etymology

From gnás (“harelip”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gnásach (genitive singular masculine gnásaigh, genitive singular feminine gnásaí, plural gnásacha, comparative gnásaí)

  1. harelipped

Declension

Declension of gnásach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gnásach ghnásach gnásacha;
ghnásacha2
vocative ghnásaigh gnásacha
genitive gnásaí gnásacha gnásach
dative gnásach;
ghnásach1 		ghnásach;
ghnásaigh (archaic) 		gnásacha;
ghnásacha2
Comparative níos gnásaí
Superlative is gnásaí

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 gnásach
radical lenition eclipsis
gnásach ghnásach ngnásach

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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