múisiamach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From múisiam (“upset; mental disturbance; peevishness, pique; feeling of sickness, nausea; heaviness, dullness, drowsiness”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
múisiamach (genitive singular masculine múisiamaigh, genitive singular feminine múisiamaí, plural múisiamacha, comparative múisiamaí)
Declension edit
Declension of múisiamach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | múisiamach | mhúisiamach | múisiamacha; mhúisiamacha² | |
| Vocative | mhúisiamaigh | múisiamacha | ||
| Genitive | múisiamaí | múisiamacha | múisiamach | |
| Dative | múisiamach; mhúisiamach¹ |
mhúisiamach; mhúisiamaigh (archaic) |
múisiamacha; mhúisiamacha² | |
| Comparative | níos múisiamaí | |||
| Superlative | is múisiamaí | |||
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 |
| múisiamach | mhúisiamach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “múisiamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “múisiamach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “múisiamach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.