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mórfhoclach
mórfhoclach
Irish
Adjective
mórfhoclach (genitive singular masculine mórfhoclaigh, genitive singular feminine mórfhoclaí, plural mórfhoclacha, comparative mórfhoclaí)
Declension
Declension of mórfhoclach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórfhoclach | mórfhoclach¹ | mórfhoclacha³ | |
| Vocative | mórfhoclaigh¹ | mórfhoclach¹ | mórfhoclacha | |
| Genitive | mórfhoclaigh¹ | mórfhoclaí (obsolete) mórfhoclaighe |
mórfhoclacha | mórfhoclach |
| Dative | mórfhoclach² | mórfhoclach¹ (archaic) mórfhoclaigh¹ |
mórfhoclacha³ | |
| Comparative | mórfhoclaí (obsolete) mórfhoclaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (oratorical): óráideach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórfhoclach | mhórfhoclach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "mórfhoclach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.