mórshrónach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór- (“big-”) + srón (“nose”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mórshrónach (genitive singular masculine mórshrónaigh, genitive singular feminine mórshrónaí, plural mórshrónacha, comparative mórshrónaí)
- big-nosed, bottlenosed
- Synonym: bolgshrónach
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórshrónach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórshrónach | mhórshrónach | mórshrónacha; mhórshrónacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórshrónaigh | mórshrónacha | ||
| Genitive | mórshrónaí | mórshrónacha | mórshrónach | |
| Dative | mórshrónach; mhórshrónach¹ |
mhórshrónach; mhórshrónaigh (archaic) |
mórshrónacha; mhórshrónacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórshrónaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórshrónaí | |||
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórshrónach | mhórshrónach | 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) “mórshrónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórshrónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm