muineach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish muinech. By surface analysis, muine (“thicket”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

muineach (genitive singular masculine muinigh, genitive singular feminine muiní, plural muineacha, comparative muiní)

  1. scrubby (covered in low growth)

Declension

Declension of muineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative muineach mhuineach muineacha;
mhuineacha2
vocative mhuinigh muineacha
genitive muiní muineacha muineach
dative muineach;
mhuineach1 		mhuineach;
mhuinigh (archaic) 		muineacha;
mhuineacha2
Comparative níos muiní
Superlative is muiní

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

Noun

muineach m (genitive singular muinigh, nominative plural muinigh)

  1. scrubland

Declension

Declension of muineach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muineach muinigh
vocative a mhuinigh a mhuineacha
genitive muinigh muineach
dative muineach muinigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muineach na muinigh
genitive an mhuinigh na muineach
dative leis an muineach
don mhuineach 		leis na muinigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of muineach
radical lenition eclipsis
muineach mhuineach 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

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