marmarach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From marmar (“marble”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
marmarach (genitive singular masculine marmaraigh, genitive singular feminine marmaraí, plural marmaracha, comparative marmaraí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of marmarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | marmarach | mharmarach | marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
| Vocative | mharmaraigh | marmaracha | ||
| Genitive | marmaraí | marmaracha | marmarach | |
| Dative | marmarach; mharmarach¹ |
mharmarach; mharmaraigh (archaic) |
marmaracha; mharmaracha² | |
| Comparative | níos marmaraí | |||
| Superlative | is marmaraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
- liopard marmarach m (“clouded leopard”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marmarach | mharmarach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN