mórmheanma

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mórmenma (“courage, high spirit”). By surface analysis, mór- +‎ meanma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠoːɾˠˌvʲanˠmˠə/

Noun

mórmheanma f (genitive singular mórmheanman)

1. high spirits
2. high courage

Declension

Declension of mórmheanma (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mórmheanma vocative a mhórmheanma genitive mórmheanman dative mórmheanma forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhórmheanma genitive na mórmheanman dative leis an mórmheanma don mhórmheanma

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórmheanma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórmheanma	mhórmheanma	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) “mórmheanma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mórmenma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language