"murúch" meaning in Irish

See murúch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish murdúchann, murdúchu (“mermaid”), from muir (“sea”) + dúchann (dúchann, “chant, song, melody”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|murdúchann}} Middle Irish murdúchann Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|murúiche|||||||nominative plural|murúcha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} murúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha), {{ga-noun|f|murúiche|~a}} murúch f (genitive singular murúiche, nominative plural murúcha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: murúiche [genitive, singular], murúcha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mhurúch [definite, nominative, singular], na murúcha [definite, nominative, plural], na murúiche [definite, genitive, singular], na murúch [definite, genitive, plural], leis an murúch [dative, definite, singular], don mhurúch [dative, definite, singular], leis na murúcha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], murúch [error-unrecognized-form], mhurúch [lenition], - [eclipsis], burúch [alternative], muruach [alternative]
  1. mermaid Tags: feminine Synonyms: maighdean mhara Derived forms: murúch fir (english: merman)
    Sense id: en-murúch-ga-noun-D7zO3WFS Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fantasy, Mythological creatures

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for murúch meaning in Irish (2.8kB)

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