Muimhneach

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish muimnech.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠiːn̠ʲəx/

Adjective

Muimhneach (genitive singular masculine Muimhnigh, genitive singular feminine Muimhní, plural Mumhneacha, comparative Muimhní)

1. of, from or relating to Munster

Inflection

Declension of Muimhneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Muimhneach	Mhuimhneach	Muimhneacha; Mhuimhneacha2
vocative	Mhuimhnigh		Muimhneacha
genitive		Muimhní	Muimhneacha	Muimhneach
dative	Muimhneach; Mhuimhneach1	Mhuimhneach; Mhuimhnigh (archaic)	Muimhneacha; Mhuimhneacha2
Comparative	níos Muimhní
Superlative	is Muimhní

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

• Muimhneachas

Noun

Muimhneach m (genitive singular Muimhnigh, nominative plural Muimhnigh)

1. Munsterman (native or inhabitant of Munster)

Inflection

Declension of Muimhneach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Muimhneach Muimhnigh vocative a Mhuimhnigh a Mhuimhneacha genitive Muimhnigh Muimhneach dative Muimhneach Muimhnigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Muimhneach na Muimhnigh genitive an Mhuimhnigh na Muimhneach dative leis an Muimhneach don Mhuimhneach leis na Muimhnigh

Related terms

• Mumhain (“Munster”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Muimhneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Muimhneach	Mhuimhneach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Muimhneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN