mosach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mosach, from Proto-Celtic *mussāko-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.
Adjective
mosach (genitive singular masculine mosaigh, genitive singular feminine mosaí, plural mosacha, comparative mosaí)
- shaggy, rough, bristly
- bristly, grumpy, surly
Declension
Declension of mosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mosach | mhosach | mosacha; mhosacha² | |
| Vocative | mhosaigh | mosacha | ||
| Genitive | mosaí | mosacha | mosach | |
| Dative | mosach; mhosach¹ | mhosach; mhosaigh (archaic) | mosacha; mhosacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mosaí | |||
| Superlative | is mosaí | |||
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
- caidhp mhosach (“lawyer's wig”)
- éadach mosach (“nappy cloth”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mosach | mhosach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “shaggy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mosach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mosach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mosach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.