maccoím

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• maccaoím

Etymology

From Old Irish macc coím. By surface analysis, macc (“boy”) +‎ cóem (“dear, gentle”).

Noun

maccoím m

1. boy, lad
2. servant

Derived terms

• maccoímnacht

Descendants

• Irish: macaomh
• → Middle Welsh: makwyf
  • Welsh: macwy

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
maccoím	maccoím pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maccoím”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language