mamach

Irish

Etymology

From mam +‎ -ach, or possibly from Latin mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠamˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠamˠa(x)/

Adjective

mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, not comparable)

  1. mammary
  2. mammal, mammalian

Declension

Declension of mamach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mamach mhamach mamacha;
mhamacha2
vocative mhamaigh mamacha
genitive mamaí mamacha mamach
dative mamach;
mhamach1 		mhamach;
mhamaigh (archaic) 		mamacha;
mhamacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

mamach m (genitive singular mamaigh, nominative plural mamaigh)

  1. mammal

Declension

Declension of mamach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mamach mamaigh
vocative a mhamaigh a mhamacha
genitive mamaigh mamach
dative mamach mamaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mamach na mamaigh
genitive an mhamaigh na mamach
dative leis an mamach
don mhamach 		leis na mamaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of mamach
radical lenition eclipsis
mamach mhamach not applicable

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

References

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama

Palauan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Noun

mamach

  1. betelnut chew

Derived terms

References

  • mamach in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • mamach in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • mamach in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 140.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.max/
  • Rhymes: -amax
  • Syllabification: ma‧mach

Noun

mamach f

  1. locative plural of mama

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamax/

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama
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