galach
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From gal (“warlike ardor; valor, fury; vapor, steam; boiling heat”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]galach (genitive singular masculine galaigh, genitive singular feminine galaí, plural galacha, comparative galaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | galach | ghalach | galacha; ghalacha2 | |
vocative | ghalaigh | galacha | ||
genitive | galaí | galacha | galach | |
dative | galach; ghalach1 |
ghalach; ghalaigh (archaic) |
galacha; ghalacha2 | |
Comparative | níos galaí | |||
Superlative | is galaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]galach m (genitive singular galaigh, nominative plural galaigh)
Declension
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Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]galach f
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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galach | ghalach | ngalach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “steaming”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “galach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm