Macadónach

Irish

Etymology

From An Mhacadóin (“Macedonia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Macadónach (genitive singular masculine Macadónaigh, genitive singular feminine Macadónaí, plural Macadónacha, not comparable)

1. Macedonian

Declension

Declension of Macadónach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Macadónach	Macadónach	Macadónacha
vocative	Macadónaigh		Macadónacha
genitive		Macadónaí	strong noun	weak noun
			Macadónacha	Macadónach
dative	Macadónach	Macadónach; Macadónaigh (archaic)	Macadónacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Iar-Phoblacht Iúgslavach na Macadóine f, Poblacht Iar-Iúgslavach na Macadóine f (“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
• Macadóinis f (“Macedonian”) (language)

Noun

Macadónach m (genitive singular Macadónaigh, nominative plural Macadónaigh)

1. Macedonian

Declension

Declension of Macadónach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Macadónach Macadónaigh vocative a Mhacadónaigh a Mhacadónacha genitive Macadónaigh Macadónach dative Macadónach Macadónaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Macadónach na Macadónaigh genitive an Mhacadónaigh na Macadónach dative leis an Macadónach don Mhacadónach leis na Macadónaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Macadónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Macadónach	Mhacadónach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Macadónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Macadónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Macadónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025