mórbhóthar

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ bóthar.

Noun

mórbhóthar m (genitive singular mórbhóthair, nominative plural mórbhóithre)

1. main road, highway

   Synonym: mórbhealach

Declension

Declension of mórbhóthar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mórbhóthar mórbhóithre vocative a mhórbhóthair a mhórbhóithre genitive mórbhóthair mórbhóithre dative mórbhóthar mórbhóithre forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mórbhóthar na mórbhóithre genitive an mhórbhóthair na mórbhóithre dative leis an mórbhóthar don mhórbhóthar leis na mórbhóithre

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórbhóthar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórbhóthar	mhórbhóthar	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) “mórbhóthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mórbhóthar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024