macallach

Irish

Etymology

From macalla (“echo”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

macallach (genitive singular masculine macallaigh, genitive singular feminine macallaí, plural macallacha, not comparable)

1. resounding

   Synonym: athshondach

2. (clinical psychology) echolalic
3. (singing) call-and-response

Declension

Declension of macallach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	macallach	mhacallach	macallacha; mhacallacha²
Vocative	mhacallaigh		macallacha
Genitive		macallaí	macallacha	macallach
Dative	macallach; mhacallach¹	mhacallach; mhacallaigh (archaic)	macallacha; mhacallacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “macallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024