murtall

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

murtall m (genitive singular murtaill)

1. (pathology) obesity, fatness

   Synonyms: beathaitheacht, cothaitheacht, foircheas, foircheasacht, otracht

Declension

Declension of murtall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative murtall Vocative a mhurtaill Genitive murtaill Dative murtall

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an murtall Genitive an mhurtaill Dative leis an murtall don mhurtall

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
murtall	mhurtall	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murtall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “murtall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024