muineálach

See also: muinealach

Irish

Etymology

From muineál (“neck”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

muineálach (genitive singular masculine muineálaigh, genitive singular feminine muineálaí, plural muineálacha, comparative muineálaí)

1. (anatomy) of the neck, cervical

   Synonym: ceirbheacsach

2. long-necked

   Synonyms: dúdach, fadmhuineálach, scrogallach

   Antonym: gearrmhuineálach

Declension

Declension of muineálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	muineálach	mhuineálach	muineálacha; mhuineálacha2
vocative	mhuineálaigh		muineálacha
genitive		muineálaí	muineálacha	muineálach
dative	muineálach; mhuineálach1	mhuineálach; mhuineálaigh (archaic)	muineálacha; mhuineálacha2
Comparative	níos muineálaí
Superlative	is muineálaí

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

• cam-mhuineálach

Mutation

Mutated forms of muineálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muineálach	mhuineálach	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) “muineálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “muineálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “muineálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024