magh

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Irish

Noun

magh f (genitive singular magha, nominative plural maighne)

  1. classical/dialectal/superseded spelling of má

Declension

Declension of magh

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative magh maighne
Vocative a mhagh a mhaighne
Genitive magha maighne
Dative magh maighne

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhagh na maighne
Genitive na magha na maighne
Dative leis an magh

don mhagh

leis na maighne

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
magh mhagh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish i mmach (literally “into the plain”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

magh

  1. out, outward

Usage notes

  • This word refers to movement.

Antonyms

Manx adverbs of direction and position
Motion toward Stationary
position at		 Motion from
up seose heose neose
down sheese heese neese
east shiar, my hiar hiar niar
west/back sheear, my heear heear neear
north my hwoaie twoaie twoaie
south my yiass jiass jiass, niass
northeast shiar hwoaie hiar hwoaie niar hwoaie
northwest sheear hwoaie heear hwoaie neear hwoaie
southeast shiar yiass hiar yiass niar yiass
southwest sheear yiass heear yiass neear yiass
over there noon hoal noal
over here — wass —
inside stiagh sthie —
outside magh mooie —

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mag, from Proto-Celtic *magos.

Noun

magh m (genitive singular maigh, plural maghan)

  1. field, plain
  2. battlefield

Declension

Declension of magh (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative magh maghan
Genitive maigh mhaghan
Dative magh maghan; maghaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (am) magh (na) maghan
Genitive (a') mhaigh (nam) maghan
Dative (a') mhagh (na) maghan; maghaibh*
Vocative (a) mhaigh (a) mhaghan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
magh mhagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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