miadhach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish míadach.[1] By surface analysis, miadh + -ach
Adjective
[edit]miadhach (genitive singular masculine miadhaigh, genitive singular feminine miadhaí, plural miadhacha, comparative miadhaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of miadhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | miadhach | mhiadhach | miadhacha; mhiadhacha² | |
| Vocative | mhiadhaigh | miadhacha | ||
| Genitive | 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
[edit]- Maoilmhiadhach (given name)
- Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (surname)
- → English: Mulvey
- Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (surname)
- Miadhachán (given name)
- Mac Miadhacháin (surname)
- → English: McMeekin
- Ó Miadhacháin (surname)
- → English: Meehan
- Mac Miadhacháin (surname)
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “miaḋaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 480
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miadhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN