mosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mosach, from Proto-Celtic *mussāko-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

Adjective

mosach (genitive singular masculine mosaigh, genitive singular feminine mosaí, plural mosacha, comparative mosaí)

  1. shaggy, rough, bristly
  2. bristly, grumpy, surly

Declension

Derived terms

  • caidhp mhosach (lawyer's wig)
  • éadach mosach (nappy cloth)

Mutation

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

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

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