miadhach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish míadach.^[1] By surface analysis, miadh +‎ -ach

Adjective

miadhach (genitive singular masculine miadhaigh, genitive singular feminine miadhaí, plural miadhacha, comparative miadhaí)

(literary) honorable, noble, distinguished

Declension

Declension of miadhach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	miadhach	mhiadhach	miadhacha; mhiadhacha²
Vocative	mhiadhaigh	mhiadhach	miadhacha
Genitive	mhiadhaigh	miadhaí	miadhacha	miadhach
Dative	miadhach; mhiadhach¹	mhiadhach; mhiadhaigh (archaic)	miadhacha; mhiadhacha²
Comparative	níos miadhaí
Superlative	is miadhaí

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

Maoilmhiadhach (given name)
- Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (surname)
  - → English: Mulvey
Miadhachán (given name)
- Mac Miadhacháin (surname)
  - → English: McMeekin
- Ó Miadhacháin (surname)
  - → English: Meehan

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language