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maorga
maorga
Irish
Alternative forms
- maordha (superseded)
Adjective
maorga
- dignified, noble, stately
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- Do thuill sí an ainm sin mar ni raibh sa bhaile mhór aon chailín comh deas comh maordha léi.
- She earned that name because there was in the city no girl as pretty and as dignified as she.
- Do thuill sí an ainm sin mar ni raibh sa bhaile mhór aon chailín comh deas comh maordha léi.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
Declension
Declension of maorga
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maorga | mhaorga | maorga; mhaorga² |
|
| Vocative | mhaorga | maorga | ||
| Genitive | maorga | maorga | maorga | |
| Dative | maorga; mhaorga¹ |
mhaorga | maorga; mhaorga² |
|
| Comparative | níos maorga | |||
| Superlative | is maorga | |||
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 |
| maorga | mhaorga | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
- “maerda” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “maorḋa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "maorga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.