moghach

Irish

Etymology

From mogh (“bondman, slave”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

moghach (genitive singular masculine moghaigh, genitive singular feminine moghaí, plural moghacha, comparative moghaí)

1. slavish, servile

Declension

Declension of moghach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	moghach	mhoghach	moghacha; mhoghacha²
Vocative	mhoghaigh		moghacha
Genitive		moghaí	moghacha	moghach
Dative	moghach; mhoghach¹	mhoghach; mhoghaigh (archaic)	moghacha; mhoghacha²
Comparative	níos moghaí
Superlative	is moghaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moghach	mhoghach	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) “moghach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “moghach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024