mèirleach
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish meirlech (“a robber, a bandit”). By surface analysis, mèirle + -ach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmèirleach m (genitive singular mèirlich, plural mèirlich)
Declension
editDeclension of mèirleach (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | mèirleach | mèirlich |
Genitive | mèirlich | mhèirleach |
Dative | mèirleach | mèirlich; mèirleachaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (am) mèirleach | (na) mèirlich |
Genitive | (a') mhèirlich | (nam) mèirleach |
Dative | (a') mhèirleach | (na) mèirlich; mèirleachaibh* |
Vocative | (a) mhèirlich | (a) mhèirleacha |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mèirleach | mhèirleach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 meirlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language