marmarach

Irish

Etymology

From marmar (“marble”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)

marble, marmoreal

Declension

Declension of marmarach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	marmarach	mharmarach	marmaracha; mharmaracha²
Vocative	mharmaraigh	mharmarach	marmaracha
Genitive	mharmaraigh	marmaraí	marmaracha	marmarach
Dative	marmarach; mharmarach¹	mharmarach; mharmaraigh (archaic)	marmaracha; mharmaracha²
Comparative	níos marmaraí
Superlative	is marmaraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
marmarach	mharmarach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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