marcach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

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

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish *ᚋᚐᚏᚉᚐᚉᚐᚄ (marcacas), 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
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • marcachas
  • marcachdae
  • marcaigecht

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
marcach
also mmarcach after a proclitic		 marcach
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 marcach
also mmarcach after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmar.t͡sax/

Noun

marcach m

  1. locative plural of marzec

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marcach.

Noun

marcach m

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

Synonyms
  • marcaiche

Adjective

marcach

  1. equestrian

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
marcachmharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 marcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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