Moslamach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Moslamach (genitive singular masculine Moslamaigh, genitive singular feminine Moslamaí, plural Moslamacha, not comparable)
- Muslim
- Synonym: Mahamadach
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Moslamach | Mhoslamach | Moslamacha; Mhoslamacha2 | |
vocative | Mhoslamaigh | Moslamacha | ||
genitive | Moslamaí | Moslamacha | Moslamach | |
dative | Moslamach; Mhoslamach1 |
Mhoslamach; Mhoslamaigh (archaic) |
Moslamacha; Mhoslamacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Moslamaí | |||
Superlative | is Moslamaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- Caille Mhoslamach f (“yashmak”)
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Moslamach m (genitive singular Moslamaigh, nominative plural Moslamaigh)
- Muslim
- Synonym: Mahamadach
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Moslamach | Mhoslamach | 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) “Moslamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Moslamach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Moslamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025