mórtasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• mórtusach (obsolete)

Etymology

From mórtas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mórtasach (genitive singular masculine mórtasaigh, genitive singular feminine mórtasaí, plural mórtasacha, comparative mórtasaí)

1. boastful, bragging
2. haughty, supercilious
3. proud (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) [with as ‘of’]
4. exultant, joyous

Declension

Declension of mórtasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mórtasach	mhórtasach	mórtasacha; mhórtasacha2
vocative	mhórtasaigh		mórtasacha
genitive		mórtasaí	mórtasacha	mórtasach
dative	mórtasach; mhórtasach1	mhórtasach; mhórtasaigh (archaic)	mórtasacha; mhórtasacha2
Comparative	níos mórtasaí
Superlative	is mórtasaí

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 mórtasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórtasach	mhórtasach	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mórtasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 497
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórtasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN