marcaíocht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • marcaidheacht (superseded)
  • marcaigheachd, marcaigheacht, marcuidheachd, marcuidheacht, marcuigheachd, marcuigheacht, marcuíocht (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish marcaidecht.[2] Cognate with Manx markiaght and Scottish Gaelic marcachd. By surface analysis, marcaigh + -acht.

Noun

marcaíocht f (genitive singular marcaíochta)

  1. verbal noun of marcaigh (to ride)
  2. ride, lift (instance of being transported in a vehicle)
    Fuair mé marcaíocht le Mícheál.
    I got a ride with Michael.
  3. horsemanship
    Synonym: marcachas

Declension

Mutation

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

References

  1. marcaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marcaigecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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