Machae

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaxe/

Proper noun

Machae f (genitive Machae)

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

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Machae^L	—	—
vocative	Machae^L	—	—
accusative	Machai^N	—	—
genitive	Machae	—	—
dative	Machai^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Ard Machae
Emain Machae

Descendants

Middle Irish: Macha
- Irish: Macha
- → English: Macha
→ Latin: Machia

Mutation

Mutation of *Machae*
radical	lenition	nasalization
Machae also mMachae in h-prothesis environments	Machae pronounced with /β̃-/	Machae also mMachae

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

Further reading

(goddess): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 Macha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
(Armagh area): Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 Macha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language