mórbhéalach

See also: mórbhealach

Irish

Etymology

From mór- (“big-”) +‎ béal (“mouth”) + -ach.

Adjective

mórbhéalach (genitive singular masculine mórbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine mórbhéalaí, plural mórbhéalacha, comparative mórbhéalaí)

1. bigmouthed
2. blabbering

Declension

Declension of mórbhéalach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mórbhéalach	mhórbhéalach	mórbhéalacha; mhórbhéalacha2
vocative	mhórbhéalaigh		mórbhéalacha
genitive		mórbhéalaí	mórbhéalacha	mórbhéalach
dative	mórbhéalach; mhórbhéalach1	mhórbhéalach; mhórbhéalaigh (archaic)	mórbhéalacha; mhórbhéalacha2
Comparative	níos mórbhéalaí
Superlative	is mórbhéalaí

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

Related terms

• mórbholgach
• mórcheannach
• mórchnámhach
• mórghuthach
• mórshrónach

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórbhéalach

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