gnéas (“sex”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
gnéasach (genitive singular masculine gnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine gnéasaí, plural gnéasacha, comparative gnéasaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gnéasach | ghnéasach | gnéasacha; ghnéasacha2 | |
vocative | ghnéasaigh | gnéasacha | ||
genitive | gnéasaí | gnéasacha | gnéasach | |
dative | gnéasach; ghnéasach1 |
ghnéasach; ghnéasaigh (archaic) |
gnéasacha; ghnéasacha2 | |
Comparative | níos gnéasaí | |||
Superlative | is gnéasaí |
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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gnéasach | ghnéasach | ngnéasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.