muirneach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • moirneach, móirneach, múirneach[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish muirnech.[2] By surface analysis, muirn +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

muirneach (genitive singular masculine muirnigh, genitive singular feminine muirní, plural muirneacha, comparative muirní)

  1. tender, fond, loving, affectionate
    Synonyms: ceanúil, grámhar, mín, armacach, cionmhar, caithiseach
  2. beloved
    Synonym: maoineach
  3. caressing
  4. darling, dear, cherished
  5. endearing, lovable
  6. cheerful (happy)
    Synonyms: grianmhar, misniúil, spéiriúil

Declension
Declension of muirneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative muirneach mhuirneach muirneacha;
mhuirneacha²
Vocative mhuirnigh muirneacha
Genitive muirní muirneacha muirneach
Dative muirneach;
mhuirneach¹		 mhuirneach;
mhuirnigh (archaic)		 muirneacha;
mhuirneacha²
Comparative níos muirní
Superlative is muirní

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
muirneach mhuirneach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “muirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 muirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

Further reading
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