móiréis

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

móiréis f (genitive singular móiréise)

1. haughtiness, pretension

   Synonyms: airdiúlacht, mórtas, teidealacht, toirtéis

Declension

Declension of móiréis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative móiréis vocative a mhóiréis genitive móiréise dative móiréis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhóiréis genitive na móiréise dative leis an móiréis don mhóiréis

Derived terms

• móiréiseach (“haughty, pretentious”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of móiréis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
móiréis	mhóiréis	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) “móiréis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “móiréis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “móiréis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024