macha in Irish

IPA: /ˈmˠɑxə/, /ˈmˠaxə/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish machad. See machair (“plain and arable land”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|machad}} Middle Irish machad, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “1 macha, machad”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|macha|||||||nominative plural|machaí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} macha m (genitive singular macha, nominative plural machaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} macha m (genitive singular macha, nominative plural machaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: macha [genitive, singular], machaí [nominative, plural], declension-4 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], macha [indefinite, nominative, singular], machaí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mhacha [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mhachaí [indefinite, plural, vocative], macha [genitive, indefinite, singular], machaí [genitive, indefinite, plural], macha [dative, indefinite, singular], machaí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an macha [definite, nominative, singular], na machaí [definite, nominative, plural], an mhacha [definite, genitive, singular], na machaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an macha [dative, definite, singular], don mhacha [dative, definite, singular], leis na machaí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], macha [error-unrecognized-form], mhacha [lenition], - [eclipsis]

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      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "Agriculture",
      "orig": "ga:Agriculture",
      "parents": [],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish machad. See machair (“plain and arable land”).",
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    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inflection-box-top",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhachaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
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      "form": "macha",
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      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "an macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leis an macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "leis na machaí",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "mhacha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "machaí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "macha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "macha m (genitive singular macha, nominative plural machaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~í"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enclosure for milking cows, cattle field, cattle yard"
      ],
      "id": "en-macha-ga-noun-1ovoiUpR",
      "links": [
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "herd of cattle"
      ],
      "id": "en-macha-ga-noun-wdqp3XVp",
      "links": [
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          "herd",
          "herd"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑxə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠaxə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macha"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "es:Bivalves",
    "es:Seafood",
    "ga:Agriculture"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish machad",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “1 macha, machad”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "machaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "a mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhachaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "machaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "machaí",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "an mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an macha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na machaí",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "macha",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mhacha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
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      "expansion": "macha m (genitive singular macha, nominative plural machaí)",
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    },
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    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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    {
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        "enclosure for milking cows, cattle field, cattle yard"
      ],
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        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ],
        [
          "field",
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        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "herd of cattle"
      ],
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        [
          "herd",
          "herd"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑxə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠaxə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macha"
}

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{
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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
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    "macha"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macha",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 8"
}

{
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  "section": "Irish",
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{
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}

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}

{
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}

{
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macha",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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"macha" meaning in Irish

Noun