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marcaíocht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish marcaidecht.[2] Cognate with Manx markiaght and Scottish Gaelic marcachd. By surface analysis, marcaigh +‎ -acht.

Noun

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marcaíocht f (genitive singular marcaíochta)

  1. verbal noun of marcaigh (to ride)
  2. ride, lift (instance of being transported in a vehicle)
    Fuair mé marcaíocht le Mícheál.
    I got a ride with Michael.
  3. horsemanship
    Synonym: marcachas

Declension

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Declension of marcaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative marcaíocht
vocative a mharcaíocht
genitive marcaíochta
dative marcaíocht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mharcaíocht
genitive na marcaíochta
dative leis an marcaíocht
don mharcaíocht

Mutation

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Mutated forms of marcaíocht
radical lenition eclipsis
marcaíocht mharcaíocht not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ marcaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marcaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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