gleoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• gleomhar
• gleodhach (obsolete)

Etymology

From gleo (“noise; quarrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gleoch (genitive singular masculine gleoch, genitive singular feminine gleoiche, plural gleocha, comparative gleoiche)

1. noisy
2. quarrelsome

Declension

Declension of gleoch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gleoch	ghleoch	gleocha; ghleocha2
vocative	ghleoch		gleocha
genitive		gleoiche	gleocha	gleoch
dative	gleoch; ghleoch1	ghleoch	gleocha; ghleocha2
Comparative	níos gleoiche
Superlative	is gleoiche

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

Synonyms

• callánach
• glórach

Mutation

Mutated forms of gleoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gleoch	ghleoch	ngleoch

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