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mongús

mongús

Irish

Noun

mongús m ‎(genitive singular mongúis, nominative plural mongúis)

mongoose

Declension

Declension of mongús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mongús	mongúis
Vocative	a mhongúis	a mhongúsa
Genitive	mongúis	mongús
Dative	mongús	mongúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mongús	na mongúis
Genitive	an mhongúis	na mongús
Dative	leis an mongús don mhongús	leis na mongúis

Derived terms

mongús bandach m ‎(“banded mongoose”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mongús	mhongús	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"mongús" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.