marmarach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From marmar (“marble”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)
Declension edit
Declension of marmarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | marmarach | mharmarach | marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
Vocative | mharmaraigh | marmaracha | ||
Genitive | marmaraí | marmaracha | marmarach | |
Dative | marmarach; mharmarach¹ |
mharmarach; mharmaraigh (archaic) |
marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
Comparative | níos marmaraí | |||
Superlative | is marmaraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
marmarach | mharmarach | 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), “marmarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN