motha
See also: móða
Australian Kriol
editEtymology
editNoun
editmotha
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish moä, moü, variant disyllabic forms of máu, mó (created by analogy with other adjectives),[1] comparatives of már.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmotha
- comparative degree of mòr
- Tha esan nas motha na ise. ― He is bigger than her.
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
motha | mhotha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, page 125:
- Síolraíonn SG brc. mó ‘níos mó’ (gnáthfhoirm Wb.) go díreach ó *máu (11.3-4) < *māūh < *mā(y)ūs (> Briot. *mōīh > MB mwy) […]. D’imoibrigh bun-, breis agus sár-chéim ar a chéile i ré na Sean-Ghaeilge: m.sh., […] brc. móa (Wb.) faoi thionchar leithéide oa ‘níos óige’ thuas, agus brc. mou (gnáthfhoirm Ml.) ar bhonn src. moam de réir an ghaoil idir brc. córu ‘níos córa’, src. córam ‘is córa’ (cf. 3.7) agus mar sin de san aicme rialta.
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