macalla

See also: məcəllə

Irish

Alternative forms

• mac-alla (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish mac alla (“echo”, literally “son of a cliff”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠaˈkal̪ˠə/

Noun

macalla m (genitive singular macalla, nominative plural macallaí)

1. echo, reverberation

   Synonym: allabhair

Declension

Declension of macalla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative macalla macallaí Vocative a mhacalla a mhacallaí Genitive macalla macallaí Dative macalla macallaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an macalla na macallaí Genitive an mhacalla na macallaí Dative leis an macalla don mhacalla leis na macallaí

Derived terms

• macallach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “macalla”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “macalla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 454