mórbholgach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór- (“big-”) + bolg (“belly”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mórbholgach (genitive singular masculine mórbholgaigh, genitive singular feminine mórbholgaí, plural mórbholgacha, comparative mórbholgaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórbholgach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórbholgach | mhórbholgach | mórbholgacha; mhórbholgacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórbholgaigh | mórbholgacha | ||
| Genitive | mórbholgaí | mórbholgacha | mórbholgach | |
| Dative | mórbholgach; mhórbholgach¹ |
mhórbholgach; mhórbholgaigh (archaic) |
mórbholgacha; mhórbholgacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórbholgaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórbholgaí | |||
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórbholgach | mhórbholgach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórbholgach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórbholgach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm