mórachas

Irish

Alternative forms

• mórdhachas (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mórda +‎ -achas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌrˠaxəsˠ/ (as if spelled morrachas)

Noun

mórachas m (genitive singular mórachais)

1. gladness
2. haughtiness, pride

Declension

Declension of mórachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mórachas vocative a mhórachais genitive mórachais dative mórachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mórachas genitive an mhórachais dative leis an mórachas don mhórachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórachas	mhórachas	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mórḋaċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN