guanach

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Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

guanach (genitive singular masculine guanaigh, genitive singular feminine guanaí, plural guanacha, comparative guanaí)

  1. fanciful, silly

Declension

Declension of guanach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative guanach ghuanach guanacha;
ghuanacha²
Vocative ghuanaigh guanacha
Genitive guanaí guanacha guanach
Dative guanach;
ghuanach¹ 		ghuanach;
ghuanaigh (archaic) 		guanacha;
ghuanacha²
Comparative níos guanaí
Superlative is guanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • guanacht f (“fancifulness, silliness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
guanach ghuanach nguanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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