mórfhoclach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mórfhoclach (genitive singular masculine mórfhoclaigh, genitive singular feminine mórfhoclaí, plural mórfhoclacha, comparative mórfhoclaí)
- magniloquent, high-sounding, oratorical
- Synonym: óráideach
- bombastic, boastful
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórfhoclach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mórfhoclach | mhórfhoclach | mórfhoclacha; mhórfhoclacha² | |
Vocative | mhórfhoclaigh | mórfhoclacha | ||
Genitive | mórfhoclaí | mórfhoclacha | mórfhoclach | |
Dative | mórfhoclach; mhórfhoclach¹ |
mhórfhoclach; mhórfhoclaigh (archaic) |
mórfhoclacha; mhórfhoclacha² | |
Comparative | níos mórfhoclaí | |||
Superlative | is mórfhoclaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mórfhoclach | mhórfhoclach | 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) “mórfhoclach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórfhoclach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mórfhoclach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024