mómharach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish modmarach; synchronically, mómhar (“mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified; self-content”) + -ach.
Adjective
mómharach (genitive singular masculine mómharaigh, genitive singular feminine mómharaí, plural mómharacha, comparative mómharaí)
- Synonym of mómhar (“mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified; self-content”)
Declension
Declension of mómharach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mómharach | mhómharach | mómharacha; mhómharacha² | |
| Vocative | mhómharaigh | mómharacha | ||
| Genitive | mómharaí | mómharacha | mómharach | |
| Dative | mómharach; mhómharach¹ |
mhómharach; mhómharaigh (archaic) |
mómharacha; mhómharacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mómharaí | |||
| Superlative | is mómharaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mómharach | mhómharach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "mómhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “modmarach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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