mórchlúiteach

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ clúiteach.

Adjective

mórchlúiteach (genitive singular masculine mórchlúitigh, genitive singular feminine mórchlúití, plural mórchlúiteacha, comparative mórchlúití)

1. of high repute, renowned

Declension

Declension of mórchlúiteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mórchlúiteach	mhórchlúiteach	mórchlúiteacha; mhórchlúiteacha2
vocative	mhórchlúitigh		mórchlúiteacha
genitive		mórchlúití	mórchlúiteacha	mórchlúiteach
dative	mórchlúiteach; mhórchlúiteach1	mhórchlúiteach; mhórchlúitigh (archaic)	mórchlúiteacha; mhórchlúiteacha2
Comparative	níos mórchlúití
Superlative	is mórchlúití

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórchlúiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórchlúiteach	mhórchlúiteach	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) “mórchlúiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN