moirtiúil

Irish

Etymology

From moirt +‎ -úil.

Adjective

moirtiúil (genitive singular masculine moirtiúil, genitive singular feminine moirtiúil, plural moirtiúla, comparative moirtiúla)

1. dirty, muddy (of liquid), dreggy, turbid

   Synonyms: broghach, modartha, tiubh

Declension

Declension of moirtiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	moirtiúil	mhoirtiúil	moirtiúla; mhoirtiúla²
Vocative	mhoirtiúil		moirtiúla
Genitive		moirtiúla	moirtiúla	moirtiúil
Dative	moirtiúil; mhoirtiúil¹	mhoirtiúil	moirtiúla; mhoirtiúla²
Comparative	níos moirtiúla
Superlative	is moirtiúla

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

Derived terms

• moirtiúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moirtiúil	mhoirtiúil	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) “moirtiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “moirtiúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “moirtiúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.