Murchadh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish Muircath, from muir (“sea”) + cath (“battle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈmɤˈɾɤxəɣ/[1]
- (North Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈmuˈɾuxəɣ/[2][3]
- (South Uist) IPA(key): /ˈmuˈɾəxəɣ/[4]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈmuˈɾuxək/[5]
Proper noun
[edit]Murchadh m (genitive Mhurchaidh, vocative a Mhurchaidh, diminutive Murchan or Murdaidh or Murdanaidh or Murdaigean)
- a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Murdo or Murdoch
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| Murchadh | Mhurchadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic given names
- Scottish Gaelic male given names
- Scottish Gaelic male given names from Old Irish