gearrchabhlach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearrchabhlach (genitive singular masculine gearrchabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrchabhlaí, plural gearrchabhlacha, comparative gearrchabhlaí)

  1. short-bodied

Declension
Declension of gearrchabhlach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gearrchabhlach ghearrchabhlach gearrchabhlacha;
ghearrchabhlacha²
Vocative ghearrchabhlaigh gearrchabhlacha
Genitive gearrchabhlaí gearrchabhlacha gearrchabhlach
Dative gearrchabhlach;
ghearrchabhlach¹		 ghearrchabhlach;
ghearrchabhlaigh (archaic)		 gearrchabhlacha;
ghearrchabhlacha²
Comparative níos gearrchabhlaí
Superlative is gearrchabhlaí

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

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

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