muinteartha
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish muinterda. Equivalent to muintir + -tha.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
muinteartha
Declension edit
Declension of muinteartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | muinteartha | mhuinteartha | muinteartha; mhuinteartha² | |
| Vocative | mhuinteartha | muinteartha | ||
| Genitive | muinteartha | muinteartha | muinteartha | |
| Dative | muinteartha; mhuinteartha¹ |
mhuinteartha | muinteartha; mhuinteartha² | |
| Comparative | níos muinteartha | |||
| Superlative | is muinteartha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| muinteartha | mhuinteartha | 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) “muinteartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
