ómósach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fomósach, fómósach, ómáideach, ómóideach, omósach

Etymology

From ómós +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ómósach (genitive singular masculine ómósaigh, genitive singular feminine ómósaí, plural ómósacha, comparative ómósaí)

1. respectful

   Synonym: measúil

2. deferential, reverential

   Synonym: urramach

3. obedient

   Synonyms: umhal, géilliúil

Declension

Declension of ómósach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ómósach	ómósach	ómósacha
vocative	ómósaigh		ómósacha
genitive		ómósaí	ómósacha	ómósach
dative	ómósach	ómósach; ómósaigh (archaic)	ómósacha
Comparative	níos ómósaí
Superlative	is ómósaí

Derived terms

• mí-ómósach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ómósach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ómósach	n-ómósach	hómósach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “ómósach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fomósach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language