measúnach

Irish

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measúnach (genitive singular masculine measúnaigh, genitive singular feminine measúnaí, plural measúnacha, comparative measúnaí)

Declension of *measúnach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	measúnach	mheasúnach	measúnacha; mheasúnacha²
vocative	mheasúnaigh	mheasúnach	measúnacha
genitive	mheasúnaigh	measúnaí	measúnacha	measúnach
dative	measúnach; mheasúnach¹	mheasúnach; mheasúnaigh (archaic)	measúnacha; mheasúnacha²
Comparative	níos measúnaí
Superlative	is measúnaí

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

Mutated forms of *measúnach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
measúnach	mheasúnach	not applicable

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

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