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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally ‘son of learning’.
Pronunciation
Noun
mac léinn m (genitive singular mic léinn, nominative plural mic léinn)
- student (person who studies an academic subject)
- February 2014, Ciarán Mac Aonghusa, Beo!, “Ag Meabhrú: Mall agus Gasta”:
Dúradh leis na daoine a ghlac páirt sa turgnamh go raibh bean ann darbh ainm Linda, atá singil, ceannasach, agus cliste agus a d’oibrigh in aghaidh an idirdhealaithe agus ar son na gceart sóisialach nuair a bhí sí ina mac léinn.- The people who took part in the experiment were told that there was a woman named Linda who was single, assertive, and intelligent and who had worked against discrimination and for social justice when she was a student.
Usage notes
Despite the masculine grammatical gender and the literal meaning ‘son of learning’, this word is also used to refer to a female student.
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| mac léinn
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mhac léinn
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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