móiréis

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

móiréis f (genitive singular móiréise)

1. haughtiness, pretension

   Synonyms: airdiúlacht, iarlaitheacht, mórtas, teidealacht, toirtéis

Declension

Declension of móiréis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative móiréis Vocative a mhóiréis Genitive móiréise Dative móiréis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhóiréis Genitive na móiréise Dative leis an móiréis don mhóiréis

Derived terms

• móiréiseach (“haughty, pretentious”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
móiréis	mhóiréis	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) “móiréis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “móiréis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “móiréis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024