mórmheanma

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mórmenma (“courage, high spirit”). By surface analysis, mór- +‎ meanma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːɾˠˌvʲanˠmˠə/

Noun

mórmheanma f (genitive singular mórmheanman)

1. high spirits
2. high courage

Declension

Declension of mórmheanma

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative mórmheanma Vocative a mhórmheanma Genitive mórmheanman Dative mórmheanma

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mhórmheanma Genitive na mórmheanman Dative leis an mórmheanma don mhórmheanma

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mórmheanma	mhórmheanma	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) “mórmheanma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mórmenma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language