maoinchíocrach

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Irish

Etymology

From maoin +‎ cíocrach

Adjective

maoinchíocrach (genitive singular masculine maoinchíocraigh, genitive singular feminine maoinchíocraí, plural maoinchíocracha, comparative maoinchíocraí)

  1. covetous, avaricious

Declension

Declension of maoinchíocrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative maoinchíocrach mhaoinchíocrach maoinchíocracha;
mhaoinchíocracha2
vocative mhaoinchíocraigh maoinchíocracha
genitive maoinchíocraí maoinchíocracha maoinchíocrach
dative maoinchíocrach;
mhaoinchíocrach1 		mhaoinchíocrach;
mhaoinchíocraigh (archaic) 		maoinchíocracha;
mhaoinchíocracha2
Comparative níos maoinchíocraí
Superlative is maoinchíocraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of maoinchíocrach
radical lenition eclipsis
maoinchíocrach mhaoinchíocrach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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