mórluachach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
mórluachach (genitive singular masculine mórluachaigh, genitive singular feminine mórluachaí, plural mórluachacha, comparative mórluachaí)
Declension edit
Declension of mórluachach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórluachach | mhórluachach | mórluachacha; mhórluachacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórluachaigh | mórluachacha | ||
| Genitive | mórluachaí | mórluachacha | mórluachach | |
| Dative | mórluachach; mhórluachach¹ |
mhórluachach; mhórluachaigh (archaic) |
mórluachacha; mhórluachacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórluachaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórluachaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórluachach | mhórluachach | 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) “mórluachach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “mórluachach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mórluachach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.