muineálach
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See also: muinealach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From muineál (“neck”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]muineálach (genitive singular masculine muineálaigh, genitive singular feminine muineálaí, plural muineálacha, comparative muineálaí)
- (anatomy) of the neck, cervical
- Synonym: ceirbheacsach
- long-necked
- Synonyms: dúdach, fadmhuineálach, scrogallach
- Antonym: gearrmhuineálach
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| muineálach | mhuineálach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- 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