Machae

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaxe/

Proper noun

Machae f (genitive Machae)

  1. (Irish mythology) Macha, the name of a goddess in Irish mythology.
  2. (metonymically) The area around Armagh, now in Northern Ireland.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative MachaeL
Vocative MachaeL
Accusative MachaiN
Genitive Machae
Dative MachaiL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: Macha
  • Latin: Machia

Mutation

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

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