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See also: Gotach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
[edit]gotach (genitive singular masculine gotaigh, genitive singular feminine gotaí, plural gotacha, comparative gotaí)
- stammering; lisping, indistinct
- (fashion, music, typography) Alternative letter-case form of Gotach (“Gothic”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gotach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gotach | ghotach | gotacha; ghotacha² | |
Vocative | ghotaigh | gotacha | ||
Genitive | gotaí | gotacha | gotach | |
Dative | gotach; ghotach¹ |
ghotach; ghotaigh (archaic) |
gotacha; ghotacha² | |
Comparative | níos gotaí | |||
Superlative | is gotaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gotach | ghotach | ngotach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024