mórghuthach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mórghuthach (genitive singular masculine mórghuthaigh, genitive singular feminine mórghuthaí, plural mórghuthacha, comparative mórghuthaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórghuthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórghuthach | mhórghuthach | mórghuthacha; mhórghuthacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórghuthaigh | mórghuthacha | ||
| Genitive | mórghuthaí | mórghuthacha | mórghuthach | |
| Dative | mórghuthach; mhórghuthach¹ |
mhórghuthach; mhórghuthaigh (archaic) |
mórghuthacha; mhórghuthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórghuthaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórghuthaí | |||
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 |
| mórghuthach | mhórghuthach | 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) “mórghuthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN