Irish
Etymology
From mór- + bealach.
Noun
mórbhealach m (genitive singular mórbhealaigh, nominative plural mórbhealaí)
- arterial road
- main road, highway
- Synonym: mórbhóthar
Declension
Declension of mórbhealach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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mórbhealach
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mórbhealaí
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| vocative
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a mhórbhealaigh
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a mhórbhealacha
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| genitive
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mórbhealaigh
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mórbhealach
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| dative
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mórbhealach
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mórbhealaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of mórbhealach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| mórbhealach
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mhórbhealach
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórbhealach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mórbhealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025