mongús

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mongoose, from Portuguese mangus, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa).

Noun

mongús m (genitive singular mongúis, nominative plural mongúis)

1. mongoose

Declension

Declension of mongús (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mongús mongúis vocative a mhongúis a mhongúsa genitive mongúis mongús dative mongús mongúis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mongús na mongúis genitive an mhongúis na mongús dative leis an mongús don mhongús leis na mongúis

Derived terms

• mongús bandach (“banded mongoose”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mongús

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mongús	mhongús	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) “mongús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN