míolchruthach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From míol (“animal”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
Adjective
[edit]míolchruthach (genitive singular masculine míolchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine míolchruthaí, plural míolchruthacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of míolchruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | míolchruthach | mhíolchruthach | míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha² | |
| Vocative | mhíolchruthaigh | míolchruthacha | ||
| Genitive | míolchruthaí | míolchruthacha | míolchruthach | |
| Dative | míolchruthach; mhíolchruthach¹ |
mhíolchruthach; mhíolchruthaigh (archaic) |
míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos míolchruthaí | |||
| Superlative | is míolchruthaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| míolchruthach | mhíolchruthach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míolchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN