macallach

Irish

Etymology

From macalla (“echo”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

macallach (genitive singular masculine macallaigh, genitive singular feminine macallaí, plural macallacha, not comparable)

1. resounding

   Synonym: athshondach

2. (clinical psychology) echolalic
3. (singing) call-and-response

Declension

Declension of macallach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	macallach	mhacallach	macallacha; mhacallacha2
vocative	mhacallaigh		macallacha
genitive		macallaí	macallacha	macallach
dative	macallach; mhacallach1	mhacallach; mhacallaigh (archaic)	macallacha; mhacallacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of macallach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
macallach	mhacallach	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

• “macallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024