mór-roinn
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mór- (“great-, grand-, main-, giant, major”) + roinn (“landmass, continent”).
Noun
[edit]mór-roinn f (genitive singular mór-roinne, nominative plural mór-ranna)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mór-roinn
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- mór-roinneach (“continental”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mór-roinn | mhór-roinn | 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) “mór-roinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-roinn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mór-roinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024