mórluas

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ luas (“speed, velocity”).

Noun

mórluas m (genitive singular mórluais, nominative plural mórluais)

1. great speed

Declension

Declension of mórluas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mórluas vocative a mhórluais genitive mórluais dative mórluas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mórluas genitive an mhórluais dative leis an mórluas don mhórluas

Related terms

• mórluath

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórluas

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