mór-roinneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór-roinn (“continent”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]mór-roinneach (genitive singular masculine mór-roinnigh, genitive singular feminine mór-roinní, plural mór-roinneacha, not comparable)
- (geography) continental
- Synonym: ilchríochach
Declension
[edit]Declension of mór-roinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mór-roinneach | mhór-roinneach | mór-roinneacha; mhór-roinneacha² | |
| Vocative | mhór-roinnigh | mór-roinneacha | ||
| Genitive | mór-roinní | mór-roinneacha | mór-roinneach | |
| Dative | mór-roinneach; mhór-roinneach¹ |
mhór-roinneach; mhór-roinnigh (archaic) |
mór-roinneacha; mhór-roinneacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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 |
| mór-roinneach | mhór-roinneach | 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) “mór-roinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-roinneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm