méadrach
Appearance
See also: -méadrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From méadar (“meter”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]méadrach (genitive singular masculine méadraigh, genitive singular feminine méadraí, plural méadracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | méadrach | mhéadrach | méadracha; mhéadracha2 | |
vocative | mhéadraigh | méadracha | ||
genitive | méadraí | méadracha | méadrach | |
dative | méadrach; mhéadrach1 |
mhéadrach; mhéadraigh (archaic) |
méadracha; mhéadracha2 | |
Comparative | níos méadraí | |||
Superlative | is méadraí |
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]Related terms
[edit]- méadraigh (“metricate”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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méadrach | mhéadrach | 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) “méadrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “méadrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “méadrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025