murúch

Irish

Alternative forms

• burúch, muruach

Etymology

From Middle Irish murdúchann, murdúchu (“mermaid”), from muir (“sea”) + dúchann (dúchann, “chant, song, melody”).

Noun

murúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha)

1. mermaid

   Synonym: maighdean mhara

Declension

Declension of murúch (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative murúch murúcha vocative a mhurúch a mhurúcha genitive murúiche murúch dative murúch murúcha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhurúch na murúcha genitive na murúiche na murúch dative leis an murúch don mhurúch leis na murúcha

Derived terms

• murúch fir (“merman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of murúch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
murúch	mhurúch	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) “murúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “murdúchann, murdúchu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “murúch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025