gearrshaolach

Irish

From gearr- (“short”) + saol (“life”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

gearrshaolach (genitive singular masculine gearrshaolaigh, genitive singular feminine gearrshaolaí, plural gearrshaolacha, comparative gearrshaolaí)

Declension of *gearrshaolach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gearrshaolach	ghearrshaolach	gearrshaolacha; ghearrshaolacha²
vocative	ghearrshaolaigh	ghearrshaolach	gearrshaolacha
genitive	ghearrshaolaigh	gearrshaolaí	gearrshaolacha	gearrshaolach
dative	gearrshaolach; ghearrshaolach¹	ghearrshaolach; ghearrshaolaigh (archaic)	gearrshaolacha; ghearrshaolacha²
Comparative	níos gearrshaolaí
Superlative	is gearrshaolaí

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

Mutated forms of *gearrshaolach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gearrshaolach	ghearrshaolach	ngearrshaolach

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