muirneach

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Irish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. tender, fond, loving, affectionate
    Synonyms: ceanúil, grámhar, mín, armacach, cionmhar, caithiseach
  2. beloved
    Synonym: maoineach
  3. caressing
  4. darling, dear, cherished
  5. endearing, lovable
  6. cheerful (happy)
    Synonyms: grianmhar, misniúil, spéiriúil

Declension

Declension of muirneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative muirneach mhuirneach muirneacha;
mhuirneacha2
vocative mhuirnigh muirneacha
genitive muirní muirneacha muirneach
dative muirneach;
mhuirneach1 		mhuirneach;
mhuirnigh (archaic) 		muirneacha;
mhuirneacha2
Comparative níos muirní
Superlative is muirní

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

Mutated forms of muirneach
radical lenition eclipsis
muirneach mhuirneach 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. ^ “muirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 muirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40

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