macalla

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See also: məcəllə

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish mac alla (“echo”, literally “son of a cliff”)

Pronunciation

Noun

macalla m (genitive singular macalla, nominative plural macallaí)

  1. echo, reverberation
    Synonym: allabhair

Declension

Declension of macalla (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative macalla macallaí
vocative a mhacalla a mhacallaí
genitive macalla macallaí
dative macalla macallaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an macalla na macallaí
genitive an mhacalla na macallaí
dative leis an macalla
don mhacalla 		leis na macallaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of macalla
radical lenition eclipsis
macalla mhacalla not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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