mórluath

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”).

Adjective

mórluath (genitive singular masculine mórluaith, genitive singular feminine mórluaithe, plural mórluatha, not comparable)

1. very early
2. very fast

Declension

Declension of mórluath

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mórluath	mhórluath	mórluatha; mhórluatha2
vocative	mhórluaith		mórluatha
genitive		mórluaithe	mórluatha	mórluath
dative	mórluath; mhórluath1	mhórluath; mhórluaith (archaic)	mórluatha; mhórluatha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• mórluas

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórluath

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