machnamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• machtnadh, machtnú, machtnughadh (obsolete)
• machtnamh (superseded)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle Irish machtnad (“wonder, surprise”), a variant of Old Irish machdad (“wonder, astonishment”). By surface analysis, machn(aigh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑxn̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaxn̪ə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaxn̪uː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaxn̪u/

Noun

machnamh m (genitive singular machnaimh)

1. verbal noun of machnaigh
2. contemplation, meditation, consideration

Declension

Declension of machnamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative machnamh Vocative a mhachnaimh Genitive machnaimh Dative machnamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an machnamh Genitive an mhachnaimh Dative leis an machnamh don mhachnamh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “machnamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “machtnamh”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “machtnaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 455
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “machnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN