marcach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Pronunciation

Noun

marcach m (genitive singular marcaigh, nominative plural marcaigh)

  1. rider, horseman; jockey
  2. cavalryman; (plural) cavalry
  3. (historical) cavalier
  4. (nautical) rider
  5. (agriculture) corn sprout

Declension

Declension of marcach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marcach marcaigh
Vocative a mharcaigh a mharcacha
Genitive marcaigh marcach
Dative marcach marcaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an marcach na marcaigh
Genitive an mharcaigh na marcach
Dative leis an marcach

don mharcach

leis na marcaigh

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • marcaigh (“ride”, verb)
  • marcaíocht (“(act of) riding, horsemanship; ride; drive, lift”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to marc (“horse”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

marcach m (genitive marcaig, nominative plural marcaig)

  1. rider, horseman

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative marcach marcachL marcaigL
Vocative marcaig marcachL marcachuH
Accusative marcachN marcachL marcachuH
Genitive marcaigL marcach marcachN
Dative marcuchL marcachaib marcachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: marcach
  • Manx: markiagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: marcach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
marcach
also mmarcach after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		marcach
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

marcach m

  1. locative plural of marzec

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Pronunciation

Noun

marcach m

  1. rider, horseman
  2. cavalier, knight
  3. jockey

Synonyms

Adjective

marcach

  1. equestrian

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “marcach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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