muscalach

Irish

Etymology

From muscail (“muscle”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

muscalach (genitive singular masculine muscalaigh, genitive singular feminine muscalaí, plural muscalacha, comparative muscalaí)

1. muscular

   Synonym: matánach

Declension

Declension of muscalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	muscalach	mhuscalach	muscalacha; mhuscalacha²
Vocative	mhuscalaigh		muscalacha
Genitive		muscalaí	muscalacha	muscalach
Dative	muscalach; mhuscalach¹	mhuscalach; mhuscalaigh (archaic)	muscalacha; mhuscalacha²
Comparative	níos muscalaí
Superlative	is muscalaí

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
muscalach	mhuscalach	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) “muscalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muscalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm