maigheach

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Scottish Gaelic

Maigheach.

Etymology

From Middle Irish míl maige (literally “plains beast”). Cognate with Manx mwaagh.

Pronunciation

Noun

maigheach f

  1. hare

Declension

Declension of maigheach (class IIa feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative maigheach maighichean
Genitive maighiche, maighich mhaigheach
Dative maighich maighichean; maighichibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') mhaigheach (na) maighichean
Genitive (na) maighiche, maighich (nam) maigheach
Dative (a') mhaighich (na) maighichean; maighichibh✝
Vocative mhaigheach mhaigheacha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of maigheach
radical lenition
maigheach mhaigheach

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “maigheach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 412
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