From guaire (“bristle”) + -ach.
guaireach (genitive singular masculine guairigh, genitive singular feminine guairí, plural guaireacha, comparative guairí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | guaireach | ghuaireach | guaireacha; ghuaireacha² | |
| Vocative | ghuairigh | guaireacha | ||
| Genitive | guairí | guaireacha | guaireach | |
| Dative | guaireach; ghuaireach¹ |
ghuaireach; ghuairigh (archaic) |
guaireacha; ghuaireacha² | |
| Comparative | níos guairí | |||
| Superlative | is guairí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
From Old Irish gúairech (“bristles”).
guaireach f (genitive singular guairí)
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| guaireach | ghuaireach | nguaireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||