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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Ard Machae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nArd Machae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.