mórmhuir

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ muir.

Noun

mórmhuir f (genitive singular mórmhara)

1. open sea

Declension

Declension of mórmhuir (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mórmhuir vocative a mhórmhuir genitive mórmhara dative mórmhuir forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhórmhuir genitive na mórmhara dative leis an mórmhuir don mhórmhuir

Mutation

Mutated forms of mórmhuir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mórmhuir	mhórmhuir	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórmhuir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórmhuir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm