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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gotach	ghotach	ngotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024