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marmarach
marmarach
Irish
Adjective
marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)
Declension
Declension of marmarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | marmarach | marmarach¹ | marmaracha³ | |
| Vocative | marmaraigh¹ | marmarach¹ | marmaracha | |
| Genitive | marmaraigh¹ | marmaraí (obsolete) marmaraighe |
marmaracha | marmarach |
| Dative | marmarach² | marmarach¹ (archaic) marmaraigh¹ |
marmaracha³ | |
| Comparative | marmaraí (obsolete) marmaraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marmarach | mharmarach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "marmarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.