margad

Estonian

Noun

margad

1. nominative plural of mark

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• marggad

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse markaðr, from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarɡað/

Noun

margad m

1. market, marketplace

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	margad	margadL	margaidL
Vocative	margaid	margadL	margaduH
Accusative	margadN	margadL	margaduH
Genitive	margaidL	margad	margadN
Dative	margadL	margadaib	margadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: margadh
• Manx: margey
• Scottish Gaelic: margadh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
margad also mmargad after a proclitic ending in a vowel	margad 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), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language