Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish mórmenma (“courage, high spirit”). By surface analysis, mór- + meanma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmˠoːɾˠˌvʲanˠmˠə/
Noun
mórmheanma f (genitive singular mórmheanman)
- high spirits
- high courage
Declension
Declension of mórmheanma (fifth declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of mórmheanma
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhórmheanma
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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) “mórmheanma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mórmenma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language