miadhach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish míadach.[1] By surface analysis, miadh +‎ -ach

Adjective

miadhach (genitive singular masculine miadhaigh, genitive singular feminine miadhaí, plural miadhacha, comparative miadhaí)

  1. (literary) honorable, noble, distinguished

Declension

Declension of miadhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative miadhach mhiadhach miadhacha;
mhiadhacha2
vocative mhiadhaigh miadhacha
genitive miadhaí miadhacha miadhach
dative miadhach;
mhiadhach1 		mhiadhach;
mhiadhaigh (archaic) 		miadhacha;
mhiadhacha2
Comparative níos miadhaí
Superlative is miadhaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • Maoilmhiadhach (given name)
    • Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (surname)
      • → English: Mulvey
  • Miadhachán (given name)
    • Mac Miadhacháin (surname)
    • Ó Miadhacháin (surname)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míadach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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