Ard Machae

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (nominative, accusative, and vocative singular): IPA(key): [ˌar͈d ˈmaxɘ]
  • (dative singular): IPA(key): [ˌar͈d ˈβ̃axɘ]

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

Mutation of Ard Machae
radical lenition nasalization
Ard Machae
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 Ard Machae n-Ard Machae

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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