Gaelach

See also: gaelach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • Gaedhealach (Ulster, otherwise superseded)

Etymology

From Gael +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːl̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡeːlˠa(x)/

Adjective

Gaelach (genitive singular masculine Gaelaigh, genitive singular feminine Gaelaí, plural Gaelacha, comparative Gaelaí)

  1. Irish
  2. attached to Irish, to Irish culture
  3. (usually in lowercase: gaelach) native to Ireland; homely, pleasant; common, ordinary

Declension
Declension of Gaelach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Gaelach Ghaelach Gaelacha;
Ghaelacha²
Vocative Ghaelaigh Gaelacha
Genitive Gaelaí Gaelacha Gaelach
Dative Gaelach;
Ghaelach¹		 Ghaelach;
Ghaelaigh (archaic)		 Gaelacha;
Ghaelacha²
Comparative níos Gaelaí
Superlative is Gaelaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • aiteann gaelach (“dwarf whin”)
  • caife Gaelach (“Irish coffee”)
  • cló Gaelach (“Gaelic type”)
  • cnó gaelach (“hazel-nut”)
  • damhsa Gaelach (“Irish dancing”)
  • Gaelachas (“Irish characteristic(s)”)
  • míle Gaelach (“Irish mile”)
  • peil Ghaelach (“Gaelic football”)
  • rince Gaelach (“Irish dancing”)
  • stobhach Gaelach (“Irish stew”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gaelach Ghaelach nGaelach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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