Máratánach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Mháratáin (“Mauritania”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Máratánach (genitive singular masculine Máratánaigh, genitive singular feminine Máratánaí, plural Máratánacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Máratánach | Máratánach | Máratánacha | |
vocative | Máratánaigh | Máratánacha | ||
genitive | Máratánaí | Máratánacha | Máratánach | |
dative | Máratánach | Máratánach; Máratánaigh (archaic) |
Máratánacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Related terms
[edit]- Poblacht Ioslamach na Máratáine f (“the Islamic Republic of Mauritania”)
Noun
[edit]Máratánach m (genitive singular Máratánaigh, nominative plural Máratánaigh)
- Mauritanian person
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Máratánach | Mháratánach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Máratánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN