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mosach

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish mosach, from Proto-Celtic *mussāko-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

Adjective

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mosach (genitive singular masculine mosaigh, genitive singular feminine mosaí, plural mosacha, comparative mosaí)

  1. shaggy, rough, bristly
  2. bristly, grumpy, surly

Declension

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Declension of mosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mosach mhosach mosacha;
mhosacha²
Vocative mhosaigh mosacha
Genitive mosaí mosacha mosach
Dative mosach;
mhosach¹ 		mhosach;
mhosaigh (archaic) 		mosacha;
mhosacha²
Comparative níos mosaí
Superlative is mosaí

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mosach mhosach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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