murtall

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

murtall m (genitive singular murtaill)

  1. (pathology) obesity, fatness
    Synonyms: beathaitheacht, cothaitheacht, foircheas, foircheasacht, otracht

Declension

Declension of murtall (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative murtall
vocative a mhurtaill
genitive murtaill
dative murtall
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an murtall
genitive an mhurtaill
dative leis an murtall
don mhurtall

Mutation

Mutated forms of murtall
radical lenition eclipsis
murtall mhurtall 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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murtall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “murtall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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