From mí- (negative prefix) + taitneamhach (“bright, shining; pleasing, likeable, enjoyable”).
míthaitneamhach (genitive singular masculine míthaitneamhaigh, genitive singular feminine míthaitneamhaí, plural míthaitneamhacha, comparative míthaitneamhaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | míthaitneamhach | mhíthaitneamhach | míthaitneamhacha; mhíthaitneamhacha2 | |
vocative | mhíthaitneamhaigh | míthaitneamhacha | ||
genitive | míthaitneamhaí | míthaitneamhacha | míthaitneamhach | |
dative | míthaitneamhach; mhíthaitneamhach1 |
mhíthaitneamhach; mhíthaitneamhaigh (archaic) |
míthaitneamhacha; mhíthaitneamhacha2 | |
Comparative | níos míthaitneamhaí | |||
Superlative | is míthaitneamhaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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míthaitneamhach | mhíthaitneamhach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.