madach
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
madach
- vain (pointless, futile)
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | madach | madach | madach |
Vocative | madaig* madach** | ||
Accusative | madach | madaig | |
Genitive | madaig | madaige | madaig |
Dative | madach | madaig | madach |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | madaig | madacha | |
Vocative | madachu madacha† | ||
Accusative | madachu madacha† | ||
Genitive | madach | ||
Dative | madachaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
madach also mmadach after a proclitic |
madach pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “madach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language