mórintinneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mórintinn (“greatness of mind, greatness of purpose; magnanimity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]mórintinneach (genitive singular masculine mórintinnigh, genitive singular feminine mórintinní, plural mórintinneacha, comparative mórintinní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórintinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórintinneach | mhórintinneach | mórintinneacha; mhórintinneacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórintinnigh | mórintinneacha | ||
| Genitive | mórintinní | mórintinneacha | mórintinneach | |
| Dative | mórintinneach; mhórintinneach¹ |
mhórintinneach; mhórintinnigh (archaic) |
mórintinneacha; mhórintinneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórintinní | |||
| Superlative | is mórintinní | |||
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 |
| mórintinneach | mhórintinneach | 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) “mórintinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórintinneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mórintinneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024