Irish
Etymology
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Noun
meicnic f (genitive singular meicnice)
- (physics) mechanics
Declension
Declension of meicnic (second declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
- innealtóir meicnice (“mechanical engineer”)
- meicnic chandamach (“quantum mechanics”)
- meicnic neamhaí (“celestial mechanics”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of meicnic
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mheicnic
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meicnic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meicnic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “meicnic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025