gormghlas

Irish

Etymology

From gorm (“blue”) +‎ glas (“green”).

Adjective

gormghlas (genitive singular masculine gormghlais, genitive singular feminine gormghlaise, plural gormghlasa, comparative gormghlaise)

Declension

Declension of gormghlas

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	gormghlas	ghormghlas	gormghlasa; ghormghlasa²
Vocative	ghormghlais	ghormghlas	gormghlasa
Genitive	ghormghlais	gormghlaise	gormghlasa	gormghlas
Dative	gormghlas; ghormghlas¹	ghormghlas; ghormghlais (archaic)	gormghlasa; ghormghlasa²
Comparative	níos gormghlaise
Superlative	is gormghlaise

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

Noun

gormghlas m (genitive singular gormghlais)

blue-green
Synonym: gormuaine
(geology) azure

Declension

Declension of gormghlas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	gormghlas
Vocative	a ghormghlais
Genitive	gormghlais
Dative	gormghlas

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an gormghlas
Genitive	an ghormghlais
Dative	leis an ngormghlas don ghormghlas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gormghlas	ghormghlas	ngormghlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gormghlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “gormghlas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “gormghlas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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