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

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of gotach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gotach	ghotach	ngotach

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), “gotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025