mailc

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠælʲc/

Noun

mailc f (genitive singular mailce, nominative plural mailceanna)

1. Ulster form of mairc (“gall, sore”)

Declension

Declension of mailc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mailc mailceanna vocative a mhailc a mhailceanna genitive mailce mailceanna dative mailc mailceanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhailc na mailceanna genitive na mailce na mailceanna dative leis an mailc don mhailc leis na mailceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of mailc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mailc	mhailc	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mailc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76