mórbhealach

See also: mórbhéalach

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ bealach.

Noun

mórbhealach m (genitive singular mórbhealaigh, nominative plural mórbhealaí)

1. arterial road
2. main road, highway

   Synonym: mórbhóthar

Declension

Declension of mórbhealach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mórbhealach mórbhealaí vocative a mhórbhealaigh a mhórbhealacha genitive mórbhealaigh mórbhealach dative mórbhealach mórbhealaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mórbhealach na mórbhealaí genitive an mhórbhealaigh na mórbhealach dative leis an mórbhealach don mhórbhealach leis na mórbhealaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórbhealach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórbhealach	mhórbhealach	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) “mórbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórbhealach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mórbhealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024