gnách

See also: Gnach

Irish

From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, usual, constant; familiar, well-known”); synchronically gnáth +‎ -ach.

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːx/, [ɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːx]; (corresponding to the form gnáthach) /ˈɡn̪ˠɑːhəx/[1], [ˈɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːhəx]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/, /ɡɾˠɑːx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠãːx/

gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)

Declension of gnách

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	gnách	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha²
Vocative	ghnách	ghnách	gnácha
Genitive	ghnách	gnáiche	gnácha	gnách
Dative	gnách; ghnách¹	ghnách	gnácha; ghnácha²
Comparative	níos gnáiche
Superlative	is gnáiche

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gnách	ghnách	ngnách
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gnách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gnáthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

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