marcach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
marcach m (genitive singular marcaigh, nominative plural marcaigh)
- rider, horseman; jockey
- cavalryman; (plural) cavalry
- (historical) cavalier
- (nautical) rider
- (agriculture) corn sprout
Declension[edit]
Declension of marcach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- banmharcach (“horsewoman”)
- cóta marcaigh (“riding-coat”)
- feadhain marcach (“troop of horsemen”)
- marcachán (“little rider, little horseman”)
- marcachas (“horsemanship”)
- marcach cinnireachta (“postillion”)
- marcach toinne (“surf-rider”)
- oifigeach marcach (“cavalry officer”)
- patról marcach (“mounted patrol”)
- piostal marcaigh (“horse-pistol”)
Related terms[edit]
- marcaigh (“ride”, verb)
- marcaíocht (“(act of) riding, horsemanship; ride; drive, lift”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
marcach | mharcach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- "marcach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Primitive Irish *ᚋᚐᚏᚉᚐᚉᚐᚄ (marcacas), from Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to marc (“horse”) + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marcach m (genitive marcaig, nominative plural marcaig)
Inflection[edit]
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
marcach also mmarcach after a proclitic |
marcach pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
marcach also mmarcach after a proclitic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
marcach m
Synonyms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
marcach
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
marcach | mharcach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish terms with historical senses
- ga:Nautical
- ga:Agriculture
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Athletes
- ga:Horse racing
- Old Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish o-stem nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives