modartha

Irish

Alternative forms
  • modardha (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish modarda.[2] By surface analysis, modar- +‎ -tha.

Adjective

modartha

  1. murky (hard to see through), cloudy (not transparent, not clear)
  2. turbid, muddy (containing mud in suspension)
  3. overcast (covered with clouds)
  4. dull (not shiny)
  5. surly, morose, grim

Declension
Declension of modartha
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative modartha mhodartha modartha;
mhodartha²
Vocative mhodartha modartha
Genitive modartha modartha modartha
Dative modartha;
mhodartha¹		 mhodartha modartha;
mhodartha²
Comparative níos modartha
Superlative is modartha

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
modartha mhodartha not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “modartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “modarda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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