guaireach

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Irish

Etymology 1

From guaire (“bristle”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

guaireach (genitive singular masculine guairigh, genitive singular feminine guairí, plural guaireacha, comparative guairí)

  1. bristly, setaceous
Declension
Declension of guaireach
singular plural (m/f)
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.

Derived terms
  • guaireachán m (“bristly creature or thing; person with stubbly beard”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gúairech (“bristles”).

Noun

guaireach f (genitive singular guairí)

  1. rough hair, bristles
Declension
Declension of guaireach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative guaireach
vocative a ghuaireach
genitive guairí
dative guaireach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghuaireach
genitive na guairí
dative leis an nguaireach
don ghuaireach

Mutation

Mutated forms of guaireach
radical lenition eclipsis
guaireach ghuaireach nguaireach

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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