mosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mosach, from Proto-Celtic *mussāko-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.

Adjective

mosach (genitive singular masculine mosaigh, genitive singular feminine mosaí, plural mosacha, comparative mosaí)

  1. shaggy, rough, bristly
  2. bristly, grumpy, surly

Declension
Declension of mosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mosach mhosach mosacha;
mhosacha²
Vocative mhosaigh mosacha
Genitive mosaí mosacha mosach
Dative mosach;
mhosach¹		 mhosach;
mhosaigh (archaic)		 mosacha;
mhosacha²
Comparative níos mosaí
Superlative is mosaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • caidhp mhosach (“lawyer's wig”)
  • éadach mosach (“nappy cloth”)

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

References
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Further reading
  • "mosach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “shaggy” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “mosach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “mosach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “mosach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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