mionnach

Irish

Etymology

From mionn (mór) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mionnach (genitive singular masculine mionnaigh, genitive singular feminine mionnaí, plural mionnacha, comparative mionnaí)

1. swearing, given to swearing

Declension

Declension of mionnach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mionnach	mhionnach	mionnacha; mhionnacha2
vocative	mhionnaigh		mionnacha
genitive		mionnaí	mionnacha	mionnach
dative	mionnach; mhionnach1	mhionnach; mhionnaigh (archaic)	mionnacha; mhionnacha2
Comparative	níos mionnaí
Superlative	is mionnaí

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

• mórmhionnach

Mutation

Mutated forms of mionnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mionnach	mhionnach	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) “mionnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mionnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm