mustrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• mustarach, mustrúnta

Etymology

From mustar (“ostentation”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mustrach (genitive singular masculine mustraigh, genitive singular feminine mustraí, plural mustracha, comparative mustraí)

1. ostentatious

   Synonyms: gáifeach, taibhseach

2. vain (overly proud of one's appearance), swaggering

   Synonym: arduallach

3. conceited, pompous

   Synonyms: postúil, mórchúiseach

Declension

Declension of mustrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mustrach	mhustrach	mustracha; mhustracha²
Vocative	mhustraigh		mustracha
Genitive		mustraí	mustracha	mustrach
Dative	mustrach; mhustrach¹	mhustrach; mhustraigh (archaic)	mustracha; mhustracha²
Comparative	níos mustraí
Superlative	is mustraí

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

Further reading

• “mustrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mustaraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 504
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mustrach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mustrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN