modartha

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish modarda.[2] By surface analysis, modar- +‎ -tha.

Adjective

modartha

  1. murky (hard to see through), cloudy (not transparent, not clear)
  2. turbid, muddy (containing mud in suspension)
  3. overcast (covered with clouds)
  4. dull (not shiny)
  5. surly, morose, grim

Declension

Declension of modartha
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative modartha mhodartha modartha;
mhodartha2
vocative mhodartha modartha
genitive modartha modartha modartha
dative modartha;
mhodartha1 		mhodartha modartha;
mhodartha2
Comparative níos modartha
Superlative is modartha

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 modartha
radical lenition eclipsis
modartha mhodartha not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “modartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “modarda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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