Ard Machae

Old Irish

Eclais i nArd Machae

Etymology

From ard (“height”) +‎ Machae (“name of a goddess”), literally "Macha's Height".

Pronunciation

• (nominative, accusative, and vocative singular): IPA^(key): [ˌar͈d ˈmaxɘ]
• (dative singular): IPA^(key): [ˌar͈d ˈβ̃axɘ]

Proper noun

Ard Machae n (genitive Aird Machae)

1. Armagh (a town in Ulster, Ireland)

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Ard Machae	—	—
vocative	Ard Machae	—	—
accusative	Ard Machae	—	—
genitive	Aird Machae	—	—
dative	Ard Machae	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Ard Macha
  • Irish: Ard Mhacha
    • → English: Armagh

Mutation

Mutation of Ard Machae

radical	lenition	nasalization
Ard Machae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nArd Machae

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.