gearrshaolach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (short) + saol (life) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrshaolach (genitive singular masculine gearrshaolaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrshaolaí, plural gearrshaolacha, comparative gearrshaolaí)

  1. short-lived
  2. ephemeral, transitory

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gearrshaolach ghearrshaolach ngearrshaolach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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