mórtasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• mórtusach (obsolete)

Etymology

From mórtas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mórtasach (genitive singular masculine mórtasaigh, genitive singular feminine mórtasaí, plural mórtasacha, comparative mórtasaí)

1. boastful, bragging
2. haughty, supercilious
3. proud (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) [with as ‘of’]
4. exultant, joyous

Declension

Declension of mórtasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mórtasach	mhórtasach	mórtasacha; mhórtasacha²
Vocative	mhórtasaigh		mórtasacha
Genitive		mórtasaí	mórtasacha	mórtasach
Dative	mórtasach; mhórtasach¹	mhórtasach; mhórtasaigh (archaic)	mórtasacha; mhórtasacha²
Comparative	níos mórtasaí
Superlative	is mórtasaí

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
mórtasach	mhórtasach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mórtasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 497
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórtasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN