muscalach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From muscail (“muscle”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
muscalach (genitive singular masculine muscalaigh, genitive singular feminine muscalaí, plural muscalacha, comparative muscalaí)
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muscalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “muscalach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.