mamach

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. mammary
  2. mammal, mammalian

Declension
Declension of mamach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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 níos mamaí
Superlative is mamaí

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mamach mamaigh
Vocative a mhamaigh a mhamacha
Genitive mamaigh mamach
Dative mamach mamaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mamach na mamaigh
Genitive an mhamaigh na mamach
Dative leis an mamach

don mhamach

 leis na mamaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mamach mhamach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

  1. locative plural of mama
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