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maoth
maoth
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
maoth (genitive singular masculine maoith, genitive singular feminine maoithe, plural maotha, comparative maoithe)
Declension
Declension of maoth
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maoth | mhaoth | maotha; mhaotha² |
|
| Vocative | mhaoith | maotha | ||
| Genitive | maoithe | maotha | maoth | |
| Dative | maoth; mhaoth¹ |
mhaoth; mhaoith (archaic) |
maotha; mhaotha² |
|
| Comparative | níos maoithe | |||
| Superlative | is maoithe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maoth | mhaoth | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "maoth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth.
Adjective
maoth (comparative maoithe)
- demulcent, moistened
- effeminate
- flaccid
- innocent, undefiled
- pliable, soft, gentle, tender, emollient
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9