meacaic

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meacaic f (genitive singular meacaice, nominative plural meacaicí)

1. macaque

Declension

Declension of meacaic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meacaic meacaicí vocative a mheacaic a mheacaicí genitive meacaice meacaicí dative meacaic meacaicí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mheacaic na meacaicí genitive na meacaice na meacaicí dative leis an meacaic don mheacaic leis na meacaicí

Derived terms

• meacaic Bharbarach

Mutation

Mutated forms of meacaic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meacaic	mheacaic	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meacaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meacaic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meacaic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024