muscalach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From muscail (“muscle”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]muscalach (genitive singular masculine muscalaigh, genitive singular feminine muscalaí, plural muscalacha, comparative muscalaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of muscalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | muscalach | mhuscalach | muscalacha; mhuscalacha² | |
Vocative | mhuscalaigh | muscalacha | ||
Genitive | muscalaí | muscalacha | muscalach | |
Dative | muscalach; mhuscalach¹ |
mhuscalach; mhuscalaigh (archaic) |
muscalacha; mhuscalacha² | |
Comparative | níos muscalaí | |||
Superlative | is muscalaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muscalach | mhuscalach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muscalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muscalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm