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Máirt

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See also: mairt and Màirt

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish Máirt, from Latin diēs Mārtis (diēs (day)) + Mārtis (Mars).

Proper noun

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Máirt f (genitive Máirt, nominative plural Máirteanna)

  1. Tuesday (day of the week)
Declension
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Declension of Máirt (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Máirt Máirteanna
vocative a Mháirt a Mháirteanna
genitive Máirt Máirteanna
dative Máirt Máirteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Mháirt na Máirteanna
genitive na Máirt na Máirteanna
dative leis an Máirt
don Mháirt
leis na Máirteanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin Mars, Martis.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Máirt m (genitive Máirt)

  1. (astronomy) Mars (planet)
    Synonym: Mars
Declension
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Declension of Máirt (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Máirt
vocative a Mháirt
genitive Máirt
dative Máirt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Máirt
genitive an Mháirt
dative leis an Máirt
don Mháirt
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Máirt
radical lenition eclipsis
Máirt Mháirt not applicable

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

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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Latin diēs Mārtis (diēs (day)) + Mārtis (Mars).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Máirt f (genitive Máirte)

  1. Tuesday (day of the week)

Declension

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Feminine ī-stem
singular dual plural
nominative MáirtL
vocative MáirtL
accusative MáirtiN
genitive MáirteH
dative MáirtiL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Also attested as indeclinable.

Descendants

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  • Irish: Máirt
  • Manx: Mayrt
  • Scottish Gaelic: Màirt

Mutation

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Mutation of Máirt
radical lenition nasalization
Máirt
also Mmáirt after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
Máirt
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

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Further reading

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