urramach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom urraim (“respect, esteem; deferential regard, reverence, veneration”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editurramach (genitive singular masculine urramaigh, genitive singular feminine urramaí, plural urramacha, comparative urramaí)
- reverential, reverent
- Synonym: ómósach
- reverend
- (nominalized) reverend (person)
- an tUrramach Gilleasbuig Mac Fhearchair ― Reverend Archibald Farquharson
Declension
editDeclension of urramach
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- mí-urramach, neamhurramach (“disrespectful”)
Related terms
edit- urramacht f (“respectfulness, reverence”)
- urramaigh (“respect, revere; act according to, observe”, verb)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
urramach | n-urramach | hurramach | t-urramach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urramach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN