moirtiúil

Irish

Etymology

From moirt +‎ -úil.

Adjective

moirtiúil (genitive singular masculine moirtiúil, genitive singular feminine moirtiúil, plural moirtiúla, comparative moirtiúla)

1. dirty, muddy (of liquid), dreggy, turbid

   Synonyms: broghach, modartha, tiubh

Declension

Declension of moirtiúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	moirtiúil	mhoirtiúil	moirtiúla; mhoirtiúla2
vocative	mhoirtiúil		moirtiúla
genitive		moirtiúla	moirtiúla	moirtiúil
dative	moirtiúil; mhoirtiúil1	mhoirtiúil	moirtiúla; mhoirtiúla2
Comparative	níos moirtiúla
Superlative	is moirtiúla

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

• moirtiúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of moirtiúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
moirtiúil	mhoirtiúil	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) “moirtiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “moirtiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “moirtiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025