gearrcach
Irish
Alternative forms
- geárcach, geárrcach (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish gerrcach, from the root of gearr (“short”).
Noun
gearrcach m (genitive singular gearrcaigh, nominative plural gearrcaigh)
Declension
Declension of gearrcach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- gearrcach dearg (“a very young/unfledged nestling, a very young infant”)
- gearrcach bhéal neide (“a pet (nestling)”)
- is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin (“beauty is in the eye of the beholder, all someone's geese are swans”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gearrcach | ghearrcach | ngearrcach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “gearrcach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gerrcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gearrcaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 357
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gearrcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
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