iomarcach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish imurcach.[2] By surface analysis, iomarca (“excess”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

iomarcach (genitive singular masculine iomarcaigh, genitive singular feminine iomarcaí, plural iomarcacha, comparative iomarcaí)

  1. excessive, superfluous, redundant
Alternative forms
  • iomarcrach, iomarcradhach, iomarcúil

Adjective

iomarcach (genitive singular masculine iomarcaigh, genitive singular feminine iomarcaí, plural iomarcacha, comparative iomarcaí)

  1. Alternative form of armacach (“loving, tender”)

Declension
Declension of iomarcach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative iomarcach iomarcach iomarcacha
Vocative iomarcaigh iomarcacha
Genitive iomarcaí iomarcacha iomarcach
Dative iomarcach iomarcach;
iomarcaigh (archaic)		 iomarcacha
Comparative níos iomarcaí
Superlative is iomarcaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iomarcach n-iomarcach hiomarcach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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