Meicsiceach

Irish

Etymology

From Meicsiceo (“Mexico”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Meicsiceach (genitive singular masculine Meicsicigh, genitive singular feminine Meicsicí, plural Meicsiceacha, not comparable)

1. Mexican

Declension

Declension of Meicsiceach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Meicsiceach	Meicsiceach	Meicsiceacha
vocative	Meicsicigh		Meicsiceacha
genitive		Meicsicí	Meicsiceacha	Meicsiceach
dative	Meicsiceach	Meicsiceach; Meicsicigh (archaic)	Meicsiceacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Stáit Aontaithe Mheicsiceo (“the United States of Mexico”)

Noun

Meicsiceach m (genitive singular Meicsicigh, nominative plural Meicsicigh)

1. Mexican person

Declension

Declension of Meicsiceach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Meicsiceach Meicsicigh vocative a Mheicsicigh a Mheicsiceacha genitive Meicsicigh Meicsiceach dative Meicsiceach Meicsicigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Meicsiceach na Meicsicigh genitive an Mheicsicigh na Meicsiceach dative leis an Meicsiceach don Mheicsiceach leis na Meicsicigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Meicsiceach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Meicsiceach	Mheicsiceach	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) “Meicsiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Meicsiceach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Meicsiceach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024