mótarbhealach

Irish

Etymology

From mótar (“motor”) +‎ bealach (“way, road”).

Noun

mótarbhealach m (genitive singular mótarbhealaigh, nominative plural mótarbhealaí)

1. motorway, autoroute

Declension

Declension of mótarbhealach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mótarbhealach mótarbhealaí vocative a mhótarbhealaigh a mhótarbhealaí genitive mótarbhealaigh mótarbhealaí dative mótarbhealach mótarbhealaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mótarbhealach na mótarbhealaí genitive an mhótarbhealaigh na mótarbhealaí dative leis an mótarbhealach don mhótarbhealach leis na mótarbhealaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of mótarbhealach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mótarbhealach	mhótarbhealach	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) “mótarbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mótarbhealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025