mór-roinneach

Irish

Etymology

From mór-roinn (“continent”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mór-roinneach (genitive singular masculine mór-roinnigh, genitive singular feminine mór-roinní, plural mór-roinneacha)

  1. (geography) continental

Declension
Declension of mór-roinneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mór-roinneach mhór-roinneach mór-roinneacha;
mhór-roinneacha²
Vocative mhór-roinnigh mór-roinneacha
Genitive mór-roinní mór-roinneacha mór-roinneach
Dative mór-roinneach;
mhór-roinneach¹		 mhór-roinneach;
mhór-roinnigh (archaic)		 mór-roinneacha;
mhór-roinneacha²
Comparative níos mór-roinní
Superlative is mór-roinní

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
mór-roinneach mhór-roinneach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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