muirneach - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle Irish muirnech.[2] By surface analysis, muirn + -ach.
muirneach (genitive singular masculine muirnigh, genitive singular feminine muirní, plural muirneacha, comparative muirní)
- tender, fond, loving, affectionate
- beloved
- Synonym: maoineach
- caressing
- darling, dear, cherished
- endearing, lovable
- cheerful (happy)
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| muirneach | mhuirneach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ “muirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 muirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “muirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 502
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN