míolchruthach

Irish

Etymology

From míol (“animal”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

míolchruthach (genitive singular masculine míolchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine míolchruthaí, plural míolchruthacha)

1. zoomorphic

Declension

Declension of míolchruthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	míolchruthach	mhíolchruthach	míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha2
vocative	mhíolchruthaigh		míolchruthacha
genitive		míolchruthaí	míolchruthacha	míolchruthach
dative	míolchruthach; mhíolchruthach1	mhíolchruthach; mhíolchruthaigh (archaic)	míolchruthacha; mhíolchruthacha2
Comparative	níos míolchruthaí
Superlative	is míolchruthaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• sómorfach

Mutation

Mutated forms of míolchruthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míolchruthach	mhíolchruthach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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