meicnic

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meicnic f (genitive singular meicnice)

1. (physics) mechanics

Declension

Declension of meicnic (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative meicnic vocative a mheicnic genitive meicnice dative meicnic forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mheicnic genitive na meicnice dative leis an meicnic don mheicnic

Derived terms

• innealtóir meicnice (“mechanical engineer”)
• meicnic chandamach (“quantum mechanics”)
• meicnic neamhaí (“celestial mechanics”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meicnic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meicnic	mheicnic	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) “meicnic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meicnic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meicnic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025