mac rí

Irish

Noun

mac rí m (genitive singular mic rí, nominative plural mic rí)

1. prince (son of a king)

   Ní huaisle mac rí ná a chuid. (“Handsome is as handsome does.”) —Proverb

Declension

Declension of mac rí

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mac rí mic rí Vocative a mhic rí a mhaca rí Genitive mic rí mac rí Dative mac rí mic rí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mac rí na mic rí Genitive an mhic rí na mac rí Dative leis an mac rí don mhac rí leis na mic rí

Synonyms

• prionsa

Antonyms

• iníon rí
• banphrionsa

Derived terms

• lus mhic rí Breatan (“wild thyme”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN