mórcheannach

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“big-”) +‎ ceann (“head”) + -ach.

Adjective

mórcheannach (genitive singular masculine mórcheannaigh, genitive singular feminine mórcheannaí, plural mórcheannacha, comparative mórcheannaí)

1. big-headed
2. stupid

Declension

Declension of mórcheannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mórcheannach	mhórcheannach	mórcheannacha; mhórcheannacha²
Vocative	mhórcheannaigh		mórcheannacha
Genitive		mórcheannaí	mórcheannacha	mórcheannach
Dative	mórcheannach; mhórcheannach¹	mhórcheannach; mhórcheannaigh (archaic)	mórcheannacha; mhórcheannacha²
Comparative	níos mórcheannaí
Superlative	is mórcheannaí

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

• mórbhealach
• mórbholgach
• mórchnámhach
• mórghuthach
• mórshrónach

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórcheannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN