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méadrach
méadrach
Irish
Adjective
méadrach (genitive singular masculine méadraigh, genitive singular feminine méadraí, plural méadracha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of méadrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | méadrach | méadrach¹ | méadracha³ | |
| Vocative | méadraigh¹ | méadrach¹ | méadracha | |
| Genitive | méadraigh¹ | méadraí (obsolete) méadraighe |
méadracha | méadrach |
| Dative | méadrach² | méadrach¹ (archaic) méadraigh¹ |
méadracha³ | |
| Comparative | méadraí (obsolete) méadraighe |
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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.
Related terms
- méadraigh (“metricate”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| méadrach | mhéadrach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "méadrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.