mionnach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From mionn (mór) + -ach.
Adjective edit
mionnach (genitive singular masculine mionnaigh, genitive singular feminine mionnaí, plural mionnacha, comparative mionnaí)
Declension edit
Declension of mionnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mionnach | mhionnach | mionnacha; mhionnacha² | |
| Vocative | mhionnaigh | mionnacha | ||
| Genitive | mionnaí | mionnacha | mionnach | |
| Dative | mionnach; mhionnach¹ |
mhionnach; mhionnaigh (archaic) |
mionnacha; mhionnacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mionnaí | |||
| Superlative | is mionnaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mionnach | mhionnach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mionnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm