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Irish
Etymology
From mór- + ais.
Noun
mór-ais f (genitive singular mór-aise, nominative plural mór-aiseanna)
- (geometry) major axis
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| mór-ais
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mhór-ais
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mór-ais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-ais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mór-ais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024