marcaíocht
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- marcaidheacht (superseded)
- marcaigheachd, marcaigheacht, marcuidheachd, marcuidheacht, marcuigheachd, marcuigheacht, marcuíocht (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish marcaidecht.[2] Cognate with Manx markiaght and Scottish Gaelic marcachd. By surface analysis, marcaigh + -acht.
Noun
[edit]marcaíocht f (genitive singular marcaíochta)
- verbal noun of marcaigh (“to ride”)
- ride, lift (instance of being transported in a vehicle)
- Fuair mé marcaíocht le Mícheál.
- I got a ride with Michael.
- horsemanship
- Synonym: marcachas
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- ^ “marcaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ 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
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “marcaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 468
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marcaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN