Mahamadach

Irish

Etymology

From Mahamad (“Mohammed”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Mahamadach (genitive singular masculine Mahamadaigh, genitive singular feminine Mahamadaí, plural Mahamadacha, not comparable)

1. (dated) Mohammedan (Muslim)

   Synonym: Moslamach

Declension

Declension of Mahamadach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Mahamadach	Mhahamadach	Mahamadacha; Mhahamadacha²
Vocative	Mhahamadaigh		Mahamadacha
Genitive		Mahamadaí	Mahamadacha	Mahamadach
Dative	Mahamadach; Mhahamadach¹	Mhahamadach; Mhahamadaigh (archaic)	Mahamadacha; Mhahamadacha²
Comparative	níos Mahamadaí
Superlative	is Mahamadaí

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

Derived terms

• Mahamadachas m (“Mohammedanism”)

Related terms

• Ioslam
• Ioslamach
• Ioslamaí

 

Noun

Mahamadach m (genitive singular Mahamadaigh, nominative plural Mahamadaigh)

1. (dated) Mohammedan (Muslim)

Declension

Declension of Mahamadach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Mahamadach Mahamadaigh Vocative a Mhahamadaigh a Mhahamadacha Genitive Mahamadaigh Mahamadach Dative Mahamadach Mahamadaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Mahamadach na Mahamadaigh Genitive an Mhahamadaigh na Mahamadach Dative leis an Mahamadach don Mhahamadach leis na Mahamadaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Mahamadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “Mahamadach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.