méalach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
méalach (genitive singular masculine méalaigh, genitive singular feminine méalaí, plural méalacha, comparative méalaí)
- lamentable; lamenting, sorrowful.
- humiliating; fault-finding.
Declension[edit]
Declension of méalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | méalach | mhéalach | méalacha; mhéalacha² | |
| Vocative | mhéalaigh | méalacha | ||
| Genitive | méalaí | méalacha | méalach | |
| Dative | méalach; mhéalach¹ |
mhéalach; mhéalaigh (archaic) |
méalacha; mhéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos méalaí | |||
| Superlative | is méalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Descendants[edit]
- → Yola: milonach
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| méalach | mhéalach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “méalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN