maorga

Irish

From Middle Irish máerda.

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.

Declension of maorga

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	maorga	mhaorga	maorga; mhaorga²
Vocative	mhaorga	mhaorga	maorga
Genitive	mhaorga	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.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maorga	mhaorga	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “maerda”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“maorḋa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"maorga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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