mustrach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mustar (“ostentation”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mustrach (genitive singular masculine mustraigh, genitive singular feminine mustraí, plural mustracha, comparative mustraí)
- ostentatious
- Synonyms: gáifeach, taibhseach
- vain (overly proud of one's appearance), swaggering
- Synonym: arduallach
- conceited, pompous
- Synonyms: postúil, mórchúiseach
Declension
[edit]Declension of mustrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mustrach | mhustrach | mustracha; mhustracha² | |
| Vocative | mhustraigh | mustracha | ||
| Genitive | mustraí | mustracha | mustrach | |
| Dative | mustrach; mhustrach¹ |
mhustrach; mhustraigh (archaic) |
mustracha; mhustracha² | |
| Comparative | níos mustraí | |||
| Superlative | is mustraí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mustrach | mhustrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “mustrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mustaraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 504
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mustrach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mustrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN