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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish muirnech.[2] By surface analysis, muirn + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
muirneach (genitive singular masculine muirnigh, genitive singular feminine muirní, plural muirneacha, comparative muirní)
- tender, fond, loving, affectionate
- Synonyms: ceanúil, grámhar, mín, armacach, cionmhar, caithiseach
- beloved
- Synonym: maoineach
- caressing
- darling, dear, cherished
- endearing, lovable
- cheerful (happy)
- Synonyms: grianmhar, misniúil, spéiriúil
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| muirneach
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mhuirneach
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “muirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 muirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
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