mormónta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mormónt, mormónta, from Middle English wermode.

Noun

mormónta m (genitive singular mormónta, nominative plural mormóntaí)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

Declension

Declension of mormónta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mormónta mormóntaí vocative a mhormónta a mhormóntaí genitive mormónta mormóntaí dative mormónta mormóntaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mormónta na mormóntaí genitive an mhormónta na mormóntaí dative leis an mormónta don mhormónta leis na mormóntaí

Derived terms

• fíon mormónta m (“vermouth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mormónta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mormónta	mhormónta	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) “mormónta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mormónta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mormónta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mormónta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024