mothálach

Irish

Etymology

From motháil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mothálach (genitive singular masculine mothálaigh, genitive singular feminine mothálaí, plural mothálacha, comparative mothálaí)

1. sensitive, responsive

   Antonym: neamh-mhothálach

Declension

Declension of mothálach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	mothálach	mhothálach	mothálacha; mhothálacha2
vocative	mhothálaigh		mothálacha
genitive		mothálaí	strong noun	weak noun
			mothálacha	mothálach
dative	mothálach; mhothálach1	mhothálach; mhothálaigh (archaic)	mothálacha; mhothálacha2
Comparative	níos mothálaí
Superlative	is mothálaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• mothálacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of mothálach

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