maoineach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • buíonach

Etymology

From Middle Irish maínech. By surface analysis, maoin +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

maoineach (genitive singular masculine maoinigh, genitive singular feminine maoiní, plural maoineacha, comparative maoiní)

  1. precious (of high value or worth)
    Synonym: luachmhar
  2. beloved (loved)
    Synonym: muirneach
    a mhaoineach! ― my dear, my beloved, my darling!
  3. wealthy (rich)
    Synonym: saibhir

Declension

Declension of maoineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative maoineach mhaoineach maoineacha;
mhaoineacha2
vocative mhaoinigh maoineacha
genitive maoiní maoineacha maoineach
dative maoineach;
mhaoineach1 		mhaoineach;
mhaoinigh (archaic) 		maoineacha;
mhaoineacha2
Comparative níos maoiní
Superlative is maoiní

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 maoineach
radical lenition eclipsis
maoineach mhaoineach not applicable

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

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.