mac rí

See also: macri, Macri, and Macrì

Irish

Noun

mac rí m (genitive singular mic rí, nominative plural mic rí)

prince (son of a king)
Ní huaisle mac rí ná a chuid. (“Handsome is as handsome does.”) —Proverb

Synonym: prionsa

Coordinate terms: iníon rí, banphrionsa

Declension

Declension of mac rí

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mac rí	mic rí
Vocative	a mhic rí	a mhaca rí
Genitive	mic rí	mac rí
Dative	mac rí	mic rí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mac rí	na mic rí
Genitive	an mhic rí	na mac rí
Dative	leis an mac rí don mhac rí	leis na mic rí

Derived terms

lus mhic rí Breatan (“wild thyme”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mac rí	mhac rí	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) “mac rí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “mac rí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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