mórancaire

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ ancaire.

Noun

mórancaire m (genitive singular mórancaire, nominative plural mórancairí)

1. (nautical) sheet anchor

Declension

Declension of mórancaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mórancaire mórancairí vocative a mhórancaire a mhórancairí genitive mórancaire mórancairí dative mórancaire mórancairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mórancaire na mórancairí genitive an mhórancaire na mórancairí dative leis an mórancaire don mhórancaire leis na mórancairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórancaire

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