mórtasach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mórtusach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From mórtas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mórtasach (genitive singular masculine mórtasaigh, genitive singular feminine mórtasaí, plural mórtasacha, comparative mórtasaí)

  1. boastful, bragging
  2. haughty, supercilious
  3. proud (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) [with as ‘of’]
  4. exultant, joyous

Declension

Declension of mórtasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mórtasach mhórtasach mórtasacha;
mhórtasacha2
vocative mhórtasaigh mórtasacha
genitive mórtasaí mórtasacha mórtasach
dative mórtasach;
mhórtasach1 		mhórtasach;
mhórtasaigh (archaic) 		mórtasacha;
mhórtasacha2
Comparative níos mórtasaí
Superlative is mórtasaí

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 mórtasach
radical lenition eclipsis
mórtasach mhórtasach 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. ^ “mórtasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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