marcach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠkəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠka(x)/

Noun

marcach m (genitive singular marcaigh, nominative plural marcaigh)

1. rider, horseman; jockey
2. cavalryman; (plural) cavalry
3. (historical) cavalier
4. (nautical) rider
5. (agriculture) corn sprout

Declension

Declension of marcach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative marcach marcaigh Vocative a mharcaigh a mharcacha Genitive marcaigh marcach Dative marcach marcaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an marcach na marcaigh Genitive an mharcaigh na marcach Dative leis an marcach don mharcach leis na marcaigh

Synonyms

• eachaí
• (jockey): jacaí

Derived terms

• banmharcach (“horsewoman”)
• cóta marcaigh (“riding-coat”)
• feadhain marcach (“troop of horsemen”)
• marcach cinnireachta (“postillion”)
• marcach toinne (“surf-rider”)
• marcachán (“little rider, little horseman”)
• marcachas (“horsemanship”)
• oifigeach marcach (“cavalry officer”)
• patról marcach (“mounted patrol”)
• piostal marcaigh (“horse-pistol”)

 

Related terms

• marcaigh (“ride”, verb)
• marcaíocht (“(act of) riding, horsemanship; ride; drive, lift”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *markākos. Equivalent to marc (“horse”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarkax/

Noun

marcach m (genitive marcaig, nominative plural marcaig)

1. rider, horseman

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	marcach	marcachL	marcaigL
Vocative	marcaig	marcachL	marcachuH
Accusative	marcachN	marcachL	marcachuH
Genitive	marcaigL	marcach	marcachN
Dative	marcuchL	marcachaib	marcachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• marcachas
• marcachdae
• marcaigecht

Descendants

• Irish: marcach
• Manx: markiagh
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
marcach also mmarcach after a proclitic ending in a vowel	marcach pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡sax/
• Rhymes: -art͡sax
• Syllabification: mar‧cach

Noun

marcach m

1. locative plural of marzec

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾxkəx/

Noun

marcach m

1. rider, horseman
2. cavalier, knight
3. jockey

Synonyms

• marcaiche

Adjective

marcach

1. equestrian

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
marcach	mharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “marcach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language