murúch
Irish
Alternative forms
- burúch, muruach
Etymology
From Old Irish murdúchann, murdúchu (“mermaid”), from muir (“sea”) + dúchann (dúchann, “chant, song, melody”), from Proto-Celtic *dawnā (“poem”).
Noun
murúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha)
- mermaid
- Synonym: maighdean mhara
Declension
Declension of murúch
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- murúch fir (“merman”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| murúch | mhurúch | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “murdúchann, murdúchu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “murúch” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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