From marmar (“marble”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | marmarach | mharmarach | marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
Vocative | mharmaraigh | marmaracha | ||
Genitive | marmaraí | marmaracha | marmarach | |
Dative | marmarach; mharmarach¹ |
mharmarach; mharmaraigh (archaic) |
marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
Comparative | níos marmaraí | |||
Superlative | is marmaraí |
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 |
marmarach | mharmarach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |