mailc

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠælʲc/

Noun

mailc f (genitive singular mailce, nominative plural mailceanna)

1. Ulster form of mairc (“gall, sore”)

Declension

Declension of mailc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mailc mailceanna Vocative a mhailc a mhailceanna Genitive mailce mailceanna Dative mailc mailceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhailc na mailceanna Genitive na mailce na mailceanna Dative leis an mailc don mhailc leis na mailceanna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mailc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76