másach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]másach (genitive singular masculine másaigh, genitive singular feminine másaí, plural másacha, comparative másaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | másach | mhásach | másacha; mhásacha2 | |
vocative | mhásaigh | másacha | ||
genitive | másaí | másacha | másach | |
dative | másach; mhásach1 |
mhásach; mhásaigh (archaic) |
másacha; mhásacha2 | |
Comparative | níos másaí | |||
Superlative | is másaí |
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]- lacha mhásach (“pochard”)
Noun
[edit]másach m (genitive singular másaigh, nominative plural másaigh)
- person with big buttocks or thighs
- animal with big thighs
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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másach | mhásach | 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) “másach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “másach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “másach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024