marcach

From Old Irish marcach.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠkəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠka(x)/

marcach m (genitive singular marcaigh, nominative plural marcaigh)

1. rider, horseman; jockey
2. cavalryman; (plural) cavalry
3. (historical) cavalier
4. (nautical) rider
5. (agriculture) corn sprout

• eachaí
• (jockey): jacaí

• marcaigh (“ride”, verb)
• marcaíocht (“(act of) riding, horsemanship; ride; drive, lift”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

From Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to marc (“horse”) +‎ -ach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarkax/

marcach m (genitive marcaig, nominative plural marcaig)

1. rider, horseman

• marcachas
• marcachdae
• marcaigecht

• Irish: marcach
• Manx: markiagh
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡sax/
• Rhymes: -art͡sax
• Syllabification: mar‧cach

marcach m

1. locative plural of marzec

From Old Irish marcach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾxkəx/

marcach m

1. rider, horseman
2. cavalier, knight
3. jockey

• marcaiche

marcach

1. equestrian

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “marcach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language