glacach

Irish

Etymology

From glac +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

glacach (genitive singular masculine glacaigh, genitive singular feminine glacaí, plural glacacha, comparative glacaí)

  1. hand-like; grasping
  2. receptive
  3. forked

Declension

Declension of glacach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative glacach ghlacach glacacha;
ghlacacha2
vocative ghlacaigh glacacha
genitive glacaí glacacha glacach
dative glacach;
ghlacach1 		ghlacach;
ghlacaigh (archaic) 		glacacha;
ghlacacha2
Comparative níos glacaí
Superlative is glacaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of glacach
radical lenition eclipsis
glacach ghlacach nglacach

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

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