mamach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mam + -ach, or possibly from Latin mamma (“breast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | mamach | mhamach | mamacha; mhamacha2 | |
| vocative | mhamaigh | mamacha | ||
| genitive | mamaí | mamacha | mamach | |
| dative | mamach; mhamach1 |
mhamach; mhamaigh (archaic) |
mamacha; mhamacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- faireog mhamach f (“mammary gland”)
Noun
[edit]mamach m (genitive singular mamaigh, nominative plural mamaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| mamach | mhamach | 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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mamach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamach
Palauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.
Noun
[edit]mamach
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- mamach in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- mamach in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- mamach in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 140.
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamach f
Upper Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamach
Categories:
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Mammals
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian noun forms
- Palauan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan lemmas
- Palauan nouns
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/amax
- Rhymes:Polish/amax/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- Upper Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Upper Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Upper Sorbian noun forms