murlas

Irish

murlas

Alternative forms

• murlasc
• murlus (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌɾˠl̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

murlas m (genitive singular murlais, nominative plural murlais)

1. (Ulster) mackerel (edible fish of the family Scombridae)

   Synonyms: maicréal, ronnach

Declension

Declension of murlas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative murlas murlais Vocative a mhurlais a mhurlasa Genitive murlais murlas Dative murlas murlais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an murlas na murlais Genitive an mhurlais na murlas Dative leis an murlas don mhurlas leis na murlais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
murlas	mhurlas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “murlus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 503
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “murlas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50