Machae

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Machae f (genitive Machae)

  1. (Irish mythology) Macha, the name of a goddess in Irish mythology.
  2. (metonymically) The area around Armagh, now in Northern Ireland.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative MachaeL — —
Vocative MachaeL — —
Accusative MachaiN — —
Genitive Machae — —
Dative MachaiL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: Macha
  • → Latin: Machia

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Machae
also Mmachae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		Machae
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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