From mór- (“big-”) + bolg (“belly”) + -ach.
mórbholgach (genitive singular masculine mórbholgaigh, genitive singular feminine mórbholgaí, plural mórbholgacha, comparative mórbholgaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mórbholgach | mhórbholgach | mórbholgacha; mhórbholgacha² | |
Vocative | mhórbholgaigh | mórbholgacha | ||
Genitive | mórbholgaí | mórbholgacha | mórbholgach | |
Dative | mórbholgach; mhórbholgach¹ |
mhórbholgach; mhórbholgaigh (archaic) |
mórbholgacha; mhórbholgacha² | |
Comparative | níos mórbholgaí | |||
Superlative | is mórbholgaí |
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 |
mórbholgach | mhórbholgach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |