mór-roinneach

Irish

Etymology

From mór-roinn (“continent”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mór-roinneach (genitive singular masculine mór-roinnigh, genitive singular feminine mór-roinní, plural mór-roinneacha, not comparable)

  1. (geography) continental
    Synonym: ilchríochach

Declension

Declension of mór-roinneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mór-roinneach mhór-roinneach mór-roinneacha;
mhór-roinneacha2
vocative mhór-roinnigh mór-roinneacha
genitive mór-roinní mór-roinneacha mór-roinneach
dative mór-roinneach;
mhór-roinneach1 		mhór-roinneach;
mhór-roinnigh (archaic) 		mór-roinneacha;
mhór-roinneacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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 mór-roinneach
radical lenition eclipsis
mór-roinneach mhór-roinneach not applicable

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

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