mórmhionnach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mórmhionnach (genitive singular masculine mórmhionnaigh, genitive singular feminine mórmhionnaí, plural mórmhionnacha, comparative mórmhionnaí)
- addicted to swearing
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórmhionnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórmhionnach | mhórmhionnach | mórmhionnacha; mhórmhionnacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórmhionnaigh | mórmhionnacha | ||
| Genitive | mórmhionnaí | mórmhionnacha | mórmhionnach | |
| Dative | mórmhionnach; mhórmhionnach¹ |
mhórmhionnach; mhórmhionnaigh (archaic) |
mórmhionnacha; mhórmhionnacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórmhionnaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórmhionnaí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórmhionnach | mhórmhionnach | 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) “mórmhionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN