moghach

Irish

Etymology

From mogh (“bondman, slave”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

moghach (genitive singular masculine moghaigh, genitive singular feminine moghaí, plural moghacha, comparative moghaí)

1. slavish, servile

Declension

Declension of moghach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	moghach	mhoghach	moghacha; mhoghacha2
vocative	mhoghaigh		moghacha
genitive		moghaí	moghacha	moghach
dative	moghach; mhoghach1	mhoghach; mhoghaigh (archaic)	moghacha; mhoghacha2
Comparative	níos moghaí
Superlative	is moghaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of moghach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
moghach	mhoghach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “moghach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “moghach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025