mórchlúiteach

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ clúiteach.

Adjective

mórchlúiteach (genitive singular masculine mórchlúitigh, genitive singular feminine mórchlúití, plural mórchlúiteacha, comparative mórchlúití)

1. of high repute, renowned

Declension

Declension of mórchlúiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mórchlúiteach	mhórchlúiteach	mórchlúiteacha; mhórchlúiteacha²
Vocative	mhórchlúitigh		mórchlúiteacha
Genitive		mórchlúití	mórchlúiteacha	mórchlúiteach
Dative	mórchlúiteach; mhórchlúiteach¹	mhórchlúiteach; mhórchlúitigh (archaic)	mórchlúiteacha; mhórchlúiteacha²
Comparative	níos mórchlúití
Superlative	is mórchlúití

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mórchlúiteach	mhórchlúiteach	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) “mórchlúiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN