gnách
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See also: Gnach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gnáthach (“customary, familiar”).[1] By surface analysis, gnáth + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːx/, [ɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːx][2]; (corresponding to the form gnáthach) /ˈɡn̪ˠɑːhəx/, [ˈɡn̪ˠɑ̃ːhəx][3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡnˠɑːx/, /ɡɾˠɑːx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠãːx/[4]
Adjective
[edit]gnách (genitive singular masculine gnách, genitive singular feminine gnáiche, plural gnácha, comparative gnáiche)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gnách
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gnách | ghnách | gnácha; ghnácha² | |
| Vocative | ghnách | gnácha | ||
| Genitive | 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.
Derived terms
[edit]- síorghnách (“commonplace, humdrum”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| 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. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ * Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnáthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN