Macadóin

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Mācedonia, from Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).

Proper noun

An Mhacadóin f (genitive na Macadóine)

  1. Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
  2. (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
  3. Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)
    Synonyms: an Mhacadóin Thuaidh; Iar-Phoblacht Iúgslavach na Macadóine (“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”), Poblacht Iar-Iúgslavach na Macadóine
  4. Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
  5. Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
  6. (historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)

Declension

Declension of Macadóin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Macadóin
vocative a Mhacadóin
genitive Macadóine
dative Macadóin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Mhacadóin
genitive na Macadóine
dative leis an Macadóin
don Mhacadóin

Derived terms

  • Macadóin na Gréige f (“Greek Macedonia”)
  • Macadóinis f (“the Macedonian language”)
  • Macadónach (“Macedonian”, adjective)
  • Macadónach m (“Macedonian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Macadóin
radical lenition eclipsis
Macadóin Mhacadóin not applicable

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

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