marmarach

Irish

Etymology

From marmar (“marble”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)

1. marble, marmoreal

Declension

Declension of marmarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN