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.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
míthaitneamhach | mhíthaitneamhach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |