Machae

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaxe/

Proper noun

Machae f (genitive Machae)

1. (Irish mythology) Macha, the name of a goddess in Irish mythology.
2. (metonymically) The area around Armagh, now in Northern Ireland.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	MachaeL	—	—
Vocative	MachaeL	—	—
Accusative	MachaiN	—	—
Genitive	Machae	—	—
Dative	MachaiL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Ard Machae
• Emain Machae

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Macha
  • Irish: Macha
  • → English: Macha
• → Latin: Machia

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Machae also Mmachae after a proclitic	Machae 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

• (goddess): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 Macha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• (Armagh area): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 Macha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language