mór-roinneach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór-roinn (“continent”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]mór-roinneach (genitive singular masculine mór-roinnigh, genitive singular feminine mór-roinní, plural mór-roinneacha, not comparable)
- (geography) continental
- Synonym: ilchríochach
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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