mórluath
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From mór- + luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”).
Adjective edit
mórluath (genitive singular masculine mórluaith, genitive singular feminine mórluaithe, plural mórluatha, not comparable)
Declension edit
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 edit
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórluath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN