gnéasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gnéas (“sex”) -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
[edit]gnéasach (genitive singular masculine gnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine gnéasaí, plural gnéasacha, comparative gnéasaí)
- sexual (of sex and gender)
- sensual (of person)
- (euphemistic) intimate (sexual)
- Synonym: collaí
- horny, hot, luscious (sexually attractive)
- Synonyms: mealltach, slachtmhar, téisiúil
- saucy (sexually provocative)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gnéasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gnéasach | ghnéasach | gnéasacha; ghnéasacha² | |
Vocative | ghnéasaigh | gnéasacha | ||
Genitive | gnéasaí | gnéasacha | gnéasach | |
Dative | gnéasach; ghnéasach¹ |
ghnéasach; ghnéasaigh (archaic) |
gnéasacha; ghnéasacha² | |
Comparative | níos gnéasaí | |||
Superlative | is gnéasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gnéasach | ghnéasach | ngnéasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |