Graonlannach

Irish

Etymology

From An Ghraonlainn (“Greenland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Graonlannach (genitive singular masculine Graonlannaigh, genitive singular feminine Graonlannaí, plural Graonlannacha, not comparable)

  1. Greenlandic

Declension
Declension of Graonlannach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Graonlannach Ghraonlannach Graonlannacha;
Ghraonlannacha²
Vocative Ghraonlannaigh Graonlannacha
Genitive Graonlannaí Graonlannacha Graonlannach
Dative Graonlannach;
Ghraonlannach¹		 Ghraonlannach;
Ghraonlannaigh (archaic)		 Graonlannacha;
Ghraonlannacha²
Comparative níos Graonlannaí
Superlative is Graonlannaí

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
  • seabhac Graonlannach (“gerfalcon”)

Noun

Graonlannach m (genitive singular Graonlannaigh, nominative plural Graonlannaigh)

  1. Greenlander

Declension
Declension of Graonlannach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Graonlannach Graonlannaigh
Vocative a Ghraonlannaigh a Ghraonlannacha
Genitive Graonlannaigh Graonlannach
Dative Graonlannach Graonlannaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Graonlannach na Graonlannaigh
Genitive an Ghraonlannaigh na nGraonlannach
Dative leis an nGraonlannach

don Ghraonlannach

 leis na Graonlannaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Graonlannach Ghraonlannach nGraonlannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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