maoineach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish maínech. By surface analysis, maoin + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]maoineach (genitive singular masculine maoinigh, genitive singular feminine maoiní, plural maoineacha, comparative maoiní)
- precious (of high value or worth)
- Synonym: luachmhar
- beloved (loved)
- Synonym: muirneach
- a mhaoineach! ― my dear, my beloved, my darling!
- wealthy (rich)
- Synonym: saibhir
Declension
[edit]Declension of maoineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | maoineach | mhaoineach | maoineacha; mhaoineacha² | |
Vocative | mhaoinigh | maoineacha | ||
Genitive | maoiní | maoineacha | maoineach | |
Dative | maoineach; mhaoineach¹ |
mhaoineach; mhaoinigh (archaic) |
maoineacha; mhaoineacha² | |
Comparative | níos maoiní | |||
Superlative | is maoiní |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maoineach | mhaoineach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “maoineach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maínech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maoineaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 465
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maoineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (change)
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish terms with collocations