maccoím

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• maccaoím

Etymology

From Old Irish macc coím. By surface analysis, macc (“boy”) +‎ cóem (“dear, gentle”).

Noun

maccoím m

1. boy, lad
2. servant

Derived terms

• maccoímnacht

Descendants

• Irish: macaomh
• → Middle Welsh: makwyf
  • Welsh: macwy

Mutation

Mutation of maccoím

radical	lenition	nasalization
maccoím	maccoím pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maccoím”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language