miadhach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish míadach.^[1] By surface analysis, miadh +‎ -ach

Adjective

miadhach (genitive singular masculine miadhaigh, genitive singular feminine miadhaí, plural miadhacha, comparative miadhaí)

(literary) honorable, noble, distinguished

Declension

Declension of *miadhach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	miadhach	mhiadhach	miadhacha; mhiadhacha²
vocative	mhiadhaigh	mhiadhach	miadhacha
genitive	mhiadhaigh	miadhaí	miadhacha	miadhach
dative	miadhach; mhiadhach¹	mhiadhach; mhiadhaigh (archaic)	miadhacha; mhiadhacha²
Comparative	níos miadhaí
Superlative	is miadhaí

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

Maoilmhiadhach (given name)
- Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (surname)
  - → English: Mulvey
Miadhachán (given name)
- Mac Miadhacháin (surname)
  - → English: McMeekin
- Ó Miadhacháin (surname)
  - → English: Meehan

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language