gearrmhuineálach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) +‎ muineál (“neck”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrmhuineálach (genitive singular masculine gearrmhuineálaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrmhuineálaí, plural gearrmhuineálacha, comparative gearrmhuineálaí)

  1. short-necked
    Antonym: muineálach

Declension
Declension of gearrmhuineálach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gearrmhuineálach ghearrmhuineálach gearrmhuineálacha;
ghearrmhuineálacha²
Vocative ghearrmhuineálaigh gearrmhuineálacha
Genitive gearrmhuineálaí gearrmhuineálacha gearrmhuineálach
Dative gearrmhuineálach;
ghearrmhuineálach¹		 ghearrmhuineálach;
ghearrmhuineálaigh (archaic)		 gearrmhuineálacha;
ghearrmhuineálacha²
Comparative níos gearrmhuineálaí
Superlative is gearrmhuineálaí

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
gearrmhuineálach ghearrmhuineálach ngearrmhuineálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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