macaomh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maccoím, from Old Irish macc coím; equivalent to mac (“son”) +‎ caomh (“gentle”).

Noun

macaomh m (genitive singular macaoimh, nominative plural macaoimh)

1. young person, youth; boy, lad
2. (scouting) Cub

Declension

Declension of macaomh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative macaomh macaoimh vocative a mhacaoimh a mhacaomha genitive macaoimh macaomh dative macaomh macaoimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an macaomh na macaoimh genitive an mhacaoimh na macaomh dative leis an macaomh don mhacaomh leis na macaoimh

Derived terms

• macaomhacht f (“youth, youthfulness; youthful beauty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of macaomh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
macaomh	mhacaomh	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) “macaomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maccoím”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “macaomh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm