gotach

See also: Gotach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

gotach (genitive singular masculine gotaigh, genitive singular feminine gotaí, plural gotacha, comparative gotaí)

  1. stammering; lisping, indistinct
  2. (fashion, music, typography) alternative letter-case form of Gotach (“Gothic”)

Declension

Declension of gotach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of gotach
radical lenition eclipsis
gotach ghotach ngotach

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) “gotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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