mórbhéalach
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See also: mórbhealach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór- (“big-”) + béal (“mouth”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mórbhéalach (genitive singular masculine mórbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine mórbhéalaí, plural mórbhéalacha, comparative mórbhéalaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórbhéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórbhéalach | mhórbhéalach | mórbhéalacha; mhórbhéalacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórbhéalaigh | mórbhéalacha | ||
| Genitive | mórbhéalaí | mórbhéalacha | mórbhéalach | |
| Dative | mórbhéalach; mhórbhéalach¹ |
mhórbhéalach; mhórbhéalaigh (archaic) |
mórbhéalacha; mhórbhéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórbhéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórbhéalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórbhéalach | mhórbhéalach | 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) “mórbhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórbhéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm