méadrach
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See also: -méadrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From méadar (“meter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]méadrach (genitive singular masculine méadraigh, genitive singular feminine méadraí, plural méadracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of méadrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | méadrach | mhéadrach | méadracha; mhéadracha² | |
Vocative | mhéadraigh | méadracha | ||
Genitive | méadraí | méadracha | méadrach | |
Dative | méadrach; mhéadrach¹ |
mhéadrach; mhéadraigh (archaic) |
méadracha; mhéadracha² | |
Comparative | níos méadraí | |||
Superlative | is méadraí |
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]Related terms
[edit]- méadraigh (“metricate”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
méadrach | mhéadrach | 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) “méadrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “méadrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “méadrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024