iomarcach
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish imurcach.[2] By surface analysis, iomarca (“excess”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
iomarcach (genitive singular masculine iomarcaigh, genitive singular feminine iomarcaí, plural iomarcacha, comparative iomarcaí)
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
iomarcach (genitive singular masculine iomarcaigh, genitive singular feminine iomarcaí, plural iomarcacha, comparative iomarcaí)
- Alternative form of armacach (“loving, tender”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of iomarcach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | iomarcach | iomarcach | iomarcacha | |
| Vocative | iomarcaigh | iomarcacha | ||
| Genitive | iomarcaí | iomarcacha | iomarcach | |
| Dative | iomarcach | iomarcach; iomarcaigh (archaic) |
iomarcacha | |
| Comparative | níos iomarcaí | |||
| Superlative | is iomarcaí | |||
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iomarcach | n-iomarcach | hiomarcach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iomarcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN