maoineach
Irish
Alternative forms
- buíonach
Etymology
From Middle Irish maínech. By surface analysis, maoin + -ach
Pronunciation
Adjective
maoineach (genitive singular masculine maoinigh, genitive singular feminine maoiní, plural maoineacha, comparative maoiní)
Declension
Declension of maoineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maoineach | mhaoineach | maoineacha; mhaoineacha² | |
| Vocative | mhaoinigh | maoineacha | ||
| Genitive | maoiní | maoineacha | maoineach | |
| Dative | maoineach; mhaoineach¹ |
mhaoineach; mhaoinigh (archaic) |
maoineacha; mhaoineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos maoiní | |||
| Superlative | is maoiní | |||
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 |
| maoineach | mhaoineach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “maoineach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maínech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “maoineaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 465.
- "maoineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
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