miadhach

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish míadach.[1] By surface analysis, miadh +‎ -ach

Adjective[edit]

miadhach (genitive singular masculine miadhaigh, genitive singular feminine miadhaí, plural miadhacha, comparative miadhaí)

  1. (literary) honorable, noble, distinguished

Declension[edit]

Declension of miadhach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative miadhach mhiadhach miadhacha;
mhiadhacha²
Vocative mhiadhaigh miadhacha
Genitive miadhaí miadhacha miadhach
Dative miadhach;
mhiadhach¹ 		mhiadhach;
mhiadhaigh (archaic) 		miadhacha;
mhiadhacha²
Comparative níos miadhaí
Superlative is miadhaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “míadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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