marmarach

Irish

Etymology

From marmar (“marble”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)

1. marble, marmoreal

Declension

Declension of marmarach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	marmarach	mharmarach	marmaracha; mharmaracha2
vocative	mharmaraigh		marmaracha
genitive		marmaraí	strong noun	weak noun
			marmaracha	marmarach
dative	marmarach; mharmarach1	mharmarach; mharmaraigh (archaic)	marmaracha; mharmaracha2
Comparative	níos marmaraí
Superlative	is marmaraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of marmarach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
marmarach	mharmarach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN