macc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, thin”) (compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”), Latin macer (“thin”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak/

Noun

macc m (genitive maicc or meicc, nominative plural maicc or meicc)

  1. son
  2. bond
  3. surety

Declension

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative macc maccL maiccL
Vocative maicc maccL maccu
Accusative maccN maccL maccu
Genitive maiccL macc maccN
Dative maccL maccaib maccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
macc
also mmacc after a proclitic		 macc
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 macc
also mmacc after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “1 mac, macc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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