mac rí

See also: macri, Macri, and Macrì

Irish

Noun

mac rí m (genitive singular mic rí, nominative plural mic rí)

1. prince (son of a king)

   Ní huaisle mac rí ná a chuid. (“Handsome is as handsome does.”) —Proverb

   Synonym: prionsa

   Coordinate terms: iníon rí, banphrionsa

Declension

Declension of mac rí (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mac rí mic rí vocative a mhic rí a mhaca rí genitive mic rí mac rí dative mac rí mic rí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mac rí na mic rí genitive an mhic rí na mac rí dative leis an mac rí don mhac rí leis na mic rí

Derived terms

• lus mhic rí Breatan (“wild thyme”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mac rí

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