muinteartha

Irish

Alternative forms

  • muintearach, muinteardha, muintearúil

Etymology

From Old Irish muinterda. Equivalent to muintir +‎ -tha.

Pronunciation

Adjective

muinteartha

  1. friendly
    Synonyms: cairdiúil, lách
  2. related

Declension

Declension of muinteartha
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative muinteartha mhuinteartha muinteartha;
mhuinteartha2
vocative mhuinteartha muinteartha
genitive muinteartha muinteartha muinteartha
dative muinteartha;
mhuinteartha1 		mhuinteartha muinteartha;
mhuinteartha2
Comparative níos muinteartha
Superlative is muinteartha

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of muinteartha
radical lenition eclipsis
muinteartha mhuinteartha not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 107, page 58
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 232, page 65; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

Further reading

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