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moncaí

moncaí

Irish

Noun

moncaí m ‎(genitive singular moncaí, nominative plural moncaithe)

monkey
(familiar) ape

Declension

Declension of moncaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moncaí	moncaithe
Vocative	a mhoncaí	a mhoncaithe
Genitive	moncaí	moncaithe
Dative	moncaí	moncaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an moncaí	na moncaithe
Genitive	an mhoncaí	na moncaithe
Dative	leis an moncaí don mhoncaí	leis na moncaithe

Derived terms

Terms derived from moncaí

moncaí cochallach ‎(“capuchin”)

moncaí géagach ‎(“spider monkey”)

teach moncaí ‎(“monkey-house”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moncaí	mhoncaí	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"moncaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.