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marcaíocht

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish marcaidecht.[2] Cognate with Manx markiaght and Scottish Gaelic marcachd. By surface analysis, marcaigh +‎ -acht.

Noun

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marcaíocht f (genitive singular marcaíochta)

  1. verbal noun of marcaigh (“to ride”)
  2. ride, lift (instance of being transported in a vehicle)
    Fuair mé marcaíocht le Mícheál.
    I got a ride with Michael.
  3. horsemanship
    Synonym: marcachas

Declension

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Declension of marcaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative marcaíocht
Vocative a mharcaíocht
Genitive marcaíochta
Dative marcaíocht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an mharcaíocht
Genitive na marcaíochta
Dative leis an marcaíocht

don mharcaíocht

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ “marcaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marcaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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