marcach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Noun

marcach m (genitive singular marcaigh, nominative plural marcaigh)

1. rider, horseman; jockey
2. cavalryman; (plural) cavalry
3. (historical) cavalier
4. (nautical) rider
5. (agriculture) corn sprout

Declension

Declension of marcach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marcach marcaigh Vocative a mharcaigh a mharcacha Genitive marcaigh marcach Dative marcach marcaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marcach na marcaigh Genitive an mharcaigh na marcach Dative leis an marcach don mharcach leis na marcaigh

Synonyms

• eachaí
• (jockey): jacaí

Derived terms

• 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

• marcaigh (“ride”, verb)
• marcaíocht (“(act of) riding, horsemanship; ride; drive, lift”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• "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.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish *ᚋᚐᚏᚉᚐᚉᚐᚄ (marcacas), from Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to marc (“horse”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarkax/

Noun

marcach m (genitive marcaig, nominative plural marcaig)

1. rider, horseman

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• marcaid

Derived terms

• marcachas
• marcachdae
• marcaigecht

Descendants

• Irish: marcach
• Manx markiagh
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

• “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Noun

marcach m

1. rider, horseman
2. cavalier, knight
3. jockey

Synonyms

• marcaiche

Adjective

marcach

1. equestrian

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
marcach	mharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• 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.