gearrghéagach

Irish

Etymology

From gearr- (“short”) + géag (“limb, arm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gearrghéagach (genitive singular masculine gearrghéagaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrghéagaí, plural gearrghéagacha, comparative gearrghéagaí)

1. short-limbed, short-armed

Declension

Declension of gearrghéagach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gearrghéagach	ghearrghéagach	gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha2
vocative	ghearrghéagaigh		gearrghéagacha
genitive		gearrghéagaí	gearrghéagacha	gearrghéagach
dative	gearrghéagach; ghearrghéagach1	ghearrghéagach; ghearrghéagaigh (archaic)	gearrghéagacha; ghearrghéagacha2
Comparative	níos gearrghéagaí
Superlative	is gearrghéagaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gearrghéagach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrghéagach	ghearrghéagach	ngearrghéagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gearrghéagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gearrghéagach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm