Ard Machae

Old Irish
Eclais i nArd Machae

Etymology

From ard (“height”) +‎ Machae (“name of a goddess”), literally "Macha's Height".

Pronunciation
  • (nominative, accusative, and vocative singular): IPA(key): /ard maxe/
  • (dative singular): IPA(key): /ard ṽaxe/

Proper noun

Ard Machae n (genitive Aird Machae)

  1. Armagh (a town in Ulster, Ireland)

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ard Machae — —
Vocative Ard Machae — —
Accusative Ard Machae — —
Genitive Aird Machae — —
Dative Ard Machae — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: Ard Macha

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Ard Machae unchanged nArd Machae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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