mac léinn
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLiterally ‘son of learning’.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmac léinn m (genitive singular mic léinn, nominative plural mic léinn)
- student (person who studies an academic subject)
- February 2014, Ciarán Mac Aonghusa, Beo!, “Ag Meabhrú: Mall agus Gasta”:
- Dúradh leis na daoine a ghlac páirt sa turgnamh go raibh bean ann darbh ainm Linda, atá singil, ceannasach, agus cliste agus a d’oibrigh in aghaidh an idirdhealaithe agus ar son na gceart sóisialach nuair a bhí sí ina mac léinn.
- The people who took part in the experiment were told that there was a woman named Linda who was single, assertive, and intelligent and who had worked against discrimination and for social justice when she was a student.
- February 2014, Ciarán Mac Aonghusa, Beo!, “Ag Meabhrú: Mall agus Gasta”:
Usage notes
editDespite the masculine grammatical gender and the literal meaning ‘son of learning’, this word is also used to refer to a female student.
Declension
editDeclension of mac léinn
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mac léinn | mhac léinn | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN