muinteartha
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish muinterda. Equivalent to muintir + -tha.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]muinteartha
Declension
[edit]Declension of muinteartha
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | muinteartha | mhuinteartha | muinteartha; mhuinteartha² | |
Vocative | mhuinteartha | muinteartha | ||
Genitive | muinteartha | muinteartha | muinteartha | |
Dative | muinteartha; mhuinteartha¹ |
mhuinteartha | muinteartha; mhuinteartha² | |
Comparative | níos muinteartha | |||
Superlative | is muinteartha |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
muinteartha | mhuinteartha | 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) “muinteartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58