mamach

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Irish

Etymology

From mam +‎ -ach, or possibly from Latin mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, not comparable)

  1. mammary
  2. mammal, mammalian

Declension

Declension of mamach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative mamach mhamach mamacha;
mhamacha²
Vocative mhamaigh mamacha
Genitive mamaí mamacha mamach
Dative mamach;
mhamach¹ 		mhamach;
mhamaigh (archaic) 		mamacha;
mhamacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

mamach m (genitive singular mamaigh, nominative plural mamaigh)

  1. mammal

Declension

Declension of mamach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mamach mamaigh
Vocative a mhamaigh a mhamacha
Genitive mamaigh mamach
Dative mamach mamaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mamach na mamaigh
Genitive an mhamaigh na mamach
Dative leis an mamach

don mhamach

leis na mamaigh

Mutation

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

References

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama

Palauan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Noun

mamach

  1. betelnut chew

Derived terms

References

  • mamach in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • mamach in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • mamach in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 140.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.max/
  • Rhymes: -amax
  • Syllabification: ma‧mach

Noun

mamach f

  1. locative plural of mama

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama
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