morchal

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

morchal (plural morchals)

1. (India, historical) A fan or flywhisk made from peacock feathers.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “morchal”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

morchal m (genitive singular morchail, nominative plural morchail)

1. morel

Declension

Declension of morchal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative morchal morchail vocative a mhorchail a mhorchala genitive morchail morchal dative morchal morchail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an morchal na morchail genitive an mhorchail na morchal dative leis an morchal don mhorchal leis na morchail

Derived terms

• morchal coiteann (“common morel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of morchal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
morchal	mhorchal	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “morchal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “morel”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “morchal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm