mamach

Irish

Etymology

From mam +‎ -ach, or possibly from Latin mamma (“breast”).

Adjective

mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, not comparable)

1. mammary
2. mammal, mammalian

Declension

Declension of mamach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mamach	mhamach	mamacha; mhamacha²
Vocative	mhamaigh		mamacha
Genitive		mamaí	mamacha	mamach
Dative	mamach; mhamach¹	mhamach; mhamaigh (archaic)	mamacha; mhamacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• faireog mhamach f (“mammary gland”)

Noun

mamach m (genitive singular mamaigh, nominative plural mamaigh)

1. mammal

Declension

Declension of mamach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mamach mamaigh Vocative a mhamaigh a mhamacha Genitive mamaigh mamach Dative mamach mamaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mamach na mamaigh Genitive an mhamaigh na mamach Dative leis an mamach don mhamach leis na mamaigh

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mamach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

1. locative plural of mama

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Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

1. locative plural of mama