grádach

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Irish

Etymology

From grád (“grade”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

grádach (genitive singular masculine grádaigh, genitive singular feminine grádaí, plural grádacha, comparative grádaí)

  1. graded

Declension

Declension of grádach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative grádach ghrádach grádacha;
ghrádacha2
vocative ghrádaigh grádacha
genitive grádaí grádacha grádach
dative grádach;
ghrádach1 		ghrádach;
ghrádaigh (archaic) 		grádacha;
ghrádacha2
Comparative níos grádaí
Superlative is grádaí

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 grádach
radical lenition eclipsis
grádach ghrádach ngrádach

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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Further reading

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