Macadóin

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mācedonia, from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).

Proper noun

An Mhacadóin f (genitive na Macadóine)

1. North Macedonia (modern country)

   Synonyms: Iar-Phoblacht Iúgslavach na Macadóine, Poblacht Iar-Iúgslavach na Macadóine (FYROM)

2. (historical) Macedonia (ancient Greek kingdom)

Declension

Declension of Macadóin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Macadóin vocative a Mhacadóin genitive Macadóine dative Macadóin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Mhacadóin genitive na Macadóine dative leis an Macadóin don Mhacadóin

Derived terms

• Macadóin na Gréige f (“Greek Macedonia”)
• Macadóinis f (“the Macedonian language”)
• Macadónach (“Macedonian”, adjective)
• Macadónach m (“Macedonian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Macadóin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Macadóin	Mhacadóin	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Macedonia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Macedonia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm