Irish
Etymology
From mótar (“motor”) + bealach (“way, road”).
Noun
mótarbhealach m (genitive singular mótarbhealaigh, nominative plural mótarbhealaí)
- motorway, autoroute
Declension
Declension of mótarbhealach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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mótarbhealach
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mótarbhealaí
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| vocative
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a mhótarbhealaigh
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a mhótarbhealaí
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| genitive
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mótarbhealaigh
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mótarbhealaí
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| dative
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mótarbhealach
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mótarbhealaí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an mótarbhealach
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na mótarbhealaí
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| genitive
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an mhótarbhealaigh
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na mótarbhealaí
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| dative
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leis an mótarbhealach
don mhótarbhealach
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leis na mótarbhealaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of mótarbhealach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| mótarbhealach
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mhótarbhealach
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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.
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