mionnach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mionn (mór) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mionnach (genitive singular masculine mionnaigh, genitive singular feminine mionnaí, plural mionnacha, comparative mionnaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mionnach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mionnach | mhionnach | mionnacha; mhionnacha² | |
Vocative | mhionnaigh | mionnacha | ||
Genitive | mionnaí | mionnacha | mionnach | |
Dative | mionnach; mhionnach¹ |
mhionnach; mhionnaigh (archaic) |
mionnacha; mhionnacha² | |
Comparative | níos mionnaí | |||
Superlative | is mionnaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mionnach | mhionnach | 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) “mionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mionnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm