galach
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom gal (“warlike ardor; valor, fury; vapor, steam; boiling heat”) -ach.
Adjective
editgalach (genitive singular masculine galaigh, genitive singular feminine galaí, plural galacha, comparative galaí)
Declension
editDeclension of galach
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
editgalach m (genitive singular galaigh, nominative plural galaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of galach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editgalach f
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
galach | ghalach | ngalach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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