mórluath

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”).

Adjective

mórluath (genitive singular masculine mórluaith, genitive singular feminine mórluaithe, plural mórluatha, not comparable)

1. very early
2. very fast

Declension

Declension of mórluath

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mórluath	mhórluath	mórluatha; mhórluatha²
Vocative	mhórluaith		mórluatha
Genitive		mórluaithe	mórluatha	mórluath
Dative	mórluath; mhórluath¹	mhórluath; mhórluaith (archaic)	mórluatha; mhórluatha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• mórluas

Mutation

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