From mór- + luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”).
mórluath (genitive singular masculine mórluaith, genitive singular feminine mórluaithe, plural mórluatha, not comparable)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | mórluath | mhórluath | mórluatha; mhórluatha² | |
Vocative | mhórluaith | mórluatha | ||
Genitive | mórluaithe | mórluatha | mórluath | |
Dative | mórluath; mhórluath¹ |
mhórluath; mhórluaith (archaic) |
mórluatha; mhórluatha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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 |
mórluath | mhórluath | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |