gnóthach

See also: gnothach

Irish

Etymology

From gnó, gnótha (“business”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾˠẽːha(x)/ (as if spelled gnaethach); /ˈɡɾˠĩːha(x)/ (as if spelled gnaothach)

Adjective

gnóthach (genitive singular masculine gnóthaigh, genitive singular feminine gnóthaí, plural gnóthacha, comparative gnóthaí)

1. busy, active
2. officious

Declension

Declension of gnóthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gnóthach	ghnóthach	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha2
vocative	ghnóthaigh		gnóthacha
genitive		gnóthaí	gnóthacha	gnóthach
dative	gnóthach; ghnóthach1	ghnóthach; ghnóthaigh (archaic)	gnóthacha; ghnóthacha2
Comparative	níos gnóthaí
Superlative	is gnóthaí

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 gnóthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gnóthach	ghnóthach	ngnóthach

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) “gnóthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN