mór-roinneach

Irish

Etymology

From mór-roinn (“continent”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mór-roinneach (genitive singular masculine mór-roinnigh, genitive singular feminine mór-roinní, plural mór-roinneacha, not comparable)

1. (geography) continental

   Synonym: ilchríochach

Declension

Declension of mór-roinneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mór-roinneach	mhór-roinneach	mór-roinneacha; mhór-roinneacha2
vocative	mhór-roinnigh		mór-roinneacha
genitive		mór-roinní	mór-roinneacha	mór-roinneach
dative	mór-roinneach; mhór-roinneach1	mhór-roinneach; mhór-roinnigh (archaic)	mór-roinneacha; mhór-roinneacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór-roinneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mór-roinneach	mhór-roinneach	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) “mór-roinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-roinneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm