moirtiúil

Irish

Etymology

From moirt +‎ -úil.

Adjective

moirtiúil (genitive singular masculine moirtiúil, genitive singular feminine moirtiúil, plural moirtiúla, comparative moirtiúla)

  1. dirty, muddy (of liquid), dreggy, turbid
    Synonyms: broghach, modartha, tiubh

Declension

Declension of moirtiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative moirtiúil mhoirtiúil moirtiúla;
mhoirtiúla2
vocative mhoirtiúil moirtiúla
genitive moirtiúla moirtiúla moirtiúil
dative moirtiúil;
mhoirtiúil1 		mhoirtiúil moirtiúla;
mhoirtiúla2
Comparative níos moirtiúla
Superlative is moirtiúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of moirtiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
moirtiúil mhoirtiúil not applicable

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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