modhmharach
Irish
Adjective
modhmharach (genitive singular masculine modhmharaigh, genitive singular feminine modhmharaí, plural modhmharacha, comparative modhmharaí)
- Obsolete form of mómharach (“mannerly, gentle; graceful, dignified; self-content”).
- Synonym: modhmhar
Declension
Declension of modhmharach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | modhmharach | mhodhmharach | modhmharacha; mhodhmharacha² | |
| Vocative | mhodhmharaigh | modhmharacha | ||
| Genitive | modhmharaí | modhmharacha | modhmharach | |
| Dative | modhmharach; mhodhmharach¹ | mhodhmharach; mhodhmharaigh (archaic) | modhmharacha; mhodhmharacha² | |
| Comparative | níos modhmharaí | |||
| Superlative | is modhmharaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| modhmharach | mhodhmharach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "modhmhar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.