muscalach

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Irish

Etymology

From muscail (“muscle”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

muscalach (genitive singular masculine muscalaigh, genitive singular feminine muscalaí, plural muscalacha, comparative muscalaí)

  1. muscular
    Synonym: matánach

Declension

Declension of muscalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative muscalach mhuscalach muscalacha;
mhuscalacha2
vocative mhuscalaigh muscalacha
genitive muscalaí muscalacha muscalach
dative muscalach;
mhuscalach1 		mhuscalach;
mhuscalaigh (archaic) 		muscalacha;
mhuscalacha2
Comparative níos muscalaí
Superlative is muscalaí

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 muscalach
radical lenition eclipsis
muscalach mhuscalach 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

Further reading

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