mórchnámhach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór- (“big-”) + cnámh (“bone”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mórchnámhach (genitive singular masculine mórchnámhaigh, genitive singular feminine mórchnámhaí, plural mórchnámhacha, comparative mórchnámhaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórchnámhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórchnámhach | mhórchnámhach | mórchnámhacha; mhórchnámhacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórchnámhaigh | mórchnámhacha | ||
| Genitive | mórchnámhaí | mórchnámhacha | mórchnámhach | |
| Dative | mórchnámhach; mhórchnámhach¹ |
mhórchnámhach; mhórchnámhaigh (archaic) |
mórchnámhacha; mhórchnámhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórchnámhaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórchnámhaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórchnámhach | mhórchnámhach | 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) “mórchnámhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórchnámhach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mórchnámhach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024