morchal

English

Etymology

Hindi [Term?]

Noun

morchal (plural morchals)

1. (India, historical) A fan or flywhisk made from peacock feathers.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “morchal”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

morchal m (genitive singular morchail, nominative plural morchail)

1. morel

Declension

Declension of morchal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative morchal morchail Vocative a mhorchail a mhorchala Genitive morchail morchal Dative morchal morchail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an morchal na morchail Genitive an mhorchail na morchal Dative leis an morchal don mhorchal leis na morchail

Derived terms

• morchal coiteann (“common morel”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
morchal	mhorchal	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “morchal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “morel”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “morchal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.