murúch

Irish

Alternative forms

• burúch, muruach

Etymology

From Old Irish murdúchann, murdúchu (“mermaid”), from muir (“sea”) + dúchann (dúchann, “chant, song, melody”), from Proto-Celtic *dawnā (“poem”).

Noun

murúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha)

1. mermaid

   Synonym: maighdean mhara

Declension

Declension of murúch

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative murúch murúcha Vocative a mhurúch a mhurúcha Genitive murúiche murúch Dative murúch murúcha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhurúch na murúcha Genitive na murúiche na murúch Dative leis an murúch don mhurúch leis na murúcha

Derived terms

• murúch fir (“merman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
murúch	mhurúch	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) “murúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “murdúchann, murdúchu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “murúch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.