maoth
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth.
Pronunciation
Adjective
maoth (genitive singular masculine maoith, genitive singular feminine maoithe, plural maotha, comparative maoithe)
Declension
Declension of maoth
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maoth | mhaoth | maotha; mhaotha² | |
| Vocative | mhaoith | maotha | ||
| Genitive | maoithe | maotha | maoth | |
| Dative | maoth; mhaoth¹ |
mhaoth; mhaoith (archaic) |
maotha; mhaotha² | |
| Comparative | níos maoithe | |||
| Superlative | is maoithe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maoth | mhaoth | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "maoth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (“soft, tender, yielding”), from Old Irish moíth.
Adjective
maoth (comparative maoithe)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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