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mórthaibhseach

Irish

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Etymology

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From mór- +‎ taibhse + -ach.

Adjective

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mórthaibhseach (genitive singular masculine mórthaibhsigh, genitive singular feminine mórthaibhsí, plural mórthaibhseacha, comparative mórthaibhsí)

  1. looming large
  2. gaudy, spectacular

Declension

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Declension of mórthaibhseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mórthaibhseach mhórthaibhseach mórthaibhseacha;
mhórthaibhseacha²
Vocative mhórthaibhsigh mórthaibhseacha
Genitive mórthaibhsí mórthaibhseacha mórthaibhseach
Dative mórthaibhseach;
mhórthaibhseach¹ 		mhórthaibhseach;
mhórthaibhsigh (archaic) 		mórthaibhseacha;
mhórthaibhseacha²
Comparative níos mórthaibhsí
Superlative is mórthaibhsí

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mórthaibhseach mhórthaibhseach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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