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Irish
Etymology
From mór + -án.
Pronunciation
Noun
mórán m (genitive singular móráin)
- a large amount (followed by the genitive; usually translated into English by much or many)
Níl mórán céille aige.- He doesn’t have much sense.
Ní chonaic mé le mórán blianta é- I haven’t seen him for many years.
Níl mórán nach dtuigeann sé.- There isn’t much he doesn’t understand.
Usage notes
Used only in negative statements and in questions. In positive statements, neart or a lán is used instead.
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| mórán
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mhórán
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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