mórtas

Irish

Alternative forms

• mórtais

Etymology

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Noun

mórtas m (genitive singular mórtais)

1. pride, haughtiness; boastfulness

   Synonyms: airdiúlacht, borrachas, iarlaitheacht, móiréis, mórtas, teidealacht, toirtéis, uaill

2. high spirits, exultation
3. (nautical) swell
4. Alternative form of mórtachas (“friendliness”)

Declension

Declension of mórtas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative mórtas Vocative a mhótais Genitive mótais Dative mórtas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mórtas Genitive an mhótais Dative leis an mórtas don mhórtas

Mutation

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