marcaíocht
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- marcaidheacht (superseded)
- marcaigheachd, marcaigheacht, marcuidheachd, marcuidheacht, marcuigheachd, marcuigheacht, marcuíocht (obsolete)[1]
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish marcaidecht.[2] Cognate with Manx markiaght and Scottish Gaelic marcachd. By surface analysis, marcaigh + -acht.
Noun edit
marcaíocht f (genitive singular marcaíochta)
- verbal noun of marcaigh (“to ride”)
- ride, lift (instance of being transported in a vehicle)
- Fuair mé marcaíocht le Mícheál.
- I got a ride with Michael.
- horsemanship
- Synonym: marcachas
Declension edit
Declension of marcaíocht
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marcaíocht | mharcaíocht | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ “marcaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marcaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “marcaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 468
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marcaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN