mothálach

Irish

Etymology

From motháil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mothálach (genitive singular masculine mothálaigh, genitive singular feminine mothálaí, plural mothálacha, comparative mothálaí)

1. sensitive, responsive

   Antonym: neamh-mhothálach

Declension

Declension of mothálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mothálach	mhothálach	mothálacha; mhothálacha²
Vocative	mhothálaigh		mothálacha
Genitive		mothálaí	mothálacha	mothálach
Dative	mothálach; mhothálach¹	mhothálach; mhothálaigh (archaic)	mothálacha; mhothálacha²
Comparative	níos mothálaí
Superlative	is mothálaí

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

Related terms

• mothálacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mothálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mothálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mothálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024