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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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