murúch
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish murdúchann, murdúchu (“mermaid”), from muir (“sea”) + dúchann (dúchann, “chant, song, melody”).
Noun
editmurúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha)
- mermaid
- Synonym: maighdean mhara
Declension
editDeclension of murúch
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- murúch fir (“merman”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
murúch | mhurúch | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “murdúchann, murdúchu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “murúch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024