Mahamadach

Irish

Etymology

From Mahamad (“Mohammed”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Mahamadach (genitive singular masculine Mahamadaigh, genitive singular feminine Mahamadaí, plural Mahamadacha, not comparable)

1. (dated) Mohammedan (Muslim)

   Synonym: Moslamach

Declension

Declension of Mahamadach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Mahamadach	Mhahamadach	Mahamadacha; Mhahamadacha2
vocative	Mhahamadaigh		Mahamadacha
genitive		Mahamadaí	Mahamadacha	Mahamadach
dative	Mahamadach; Mhahamadach1	Mhahamadach; Mhahamadaigh (archaic)	Mahamadacha; Mhahamadacha2
Comparative	níos Mahamadaí
Superlative	is Mahamadaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• Mahamadachas m (“Mohammedanism”)

Related terms

• Ioslam
• Ioslamach
• Ioslamaí

 

Noun

Mahamadach m (genitive singular Mahamadaigh, nominative plural Mahamadaigh)

1. (dated) Mohammedan (Muslim)

Declension

Declension of Mahamadach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Mahamadach Mahamadaigh vocative a Mhahamadaigh a Mhahamadacha genitive Mahamadaigh Mahamadach dative Mahamadach Mahamadaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Mahamadach na Mahamadaigh genitive an Mhahamadaigh na Mahamadach dative leis an Mahamadach don Mhahamadach leis na Mahamadaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Mahamadach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mahamadach	Mhahamadach	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) “Mahamadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Mahamadach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm