maigheach
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Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish míl maige (literally “plains beast”). Cognate with Manx mwaagh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maigheach f
Declension
[edit]Declension of maigheach (class IIa feminine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | maigheach | maighichean |
| Genitive | maighiche, maighich | mhaigheach |
| Dative | maighich | maighichean; maighichibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (a') mhaigheach | (na) maighichean |
| Genitive | (na) maighiche, maighich | (nam) maigheach |
| Dative | (a') mhaighich | (na) maighichean; maighichibh✝ |
| Vocative | mhaigheach | mhaigheacha |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| maigheach | mhaigheach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) “maigheach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 412