meacaic

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

meacaic f (genitive singular meacaice, nominative plural meacaicí)

1. macaque

Declension

Declension of meacaic

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative meacaic meacaicí Vocative a mheacaic a mheacaicí Genitive meacaice meacaicí Dative meacaic meacaicí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mheacaic na meacaicí Genitive na meacaice na meacaicí Dative leis an meacaic don mheacaic leis na meacaicí

Derived terms

• meacaic Bharbarach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meacaic	mheacaic	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) “meacaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meacaic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meacaic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024