mac

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mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

mic (genitive singular)
mic (plural)
mac (indefinite nominative singular)
mic (indefinite nominative plural)
mic (genitive indefinite singular)
mhac (genitive indefinite plural)
mac (dative indefinite singular)
mic (dative indefinite plural)
macaibh (dative indefinite plural)
mac (definite nominative singular)
am mac (definite nominative singular)
mic (definite nominative plural)
na mic (definite nominative plural)
(a') mhic (definite genitive singular)
mac (definite genitive plural)
nam mac (definite genitive plural)
(a') mhac (dative definite singular)
mic (dative definite plural)
na mic (dative definite plural)
macaibh (dative definite plural)
mhic (definite singular vocative)
mhaca (definite plural vocative)
mac (mutation mutation-radical)
mhac (lenition mutation)

gd-decl-noun-table

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

mac Dhòmhaill

Used as a prefix for Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames; -son


balach

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balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

balaich (genitive singular)
balaich (plural)
balach (indefinite nominative singular)
balaich (indefinite nominative plural)
balaich (genitive indefinite singular)
bhalach (genitive indefinite plural)
balach (dative indefinite singular)
balaich (dative indefinite plural)
balachaibh (dative indefinite plural)
balach (definite nominative singular)
am balach (definite nominative singular)
balaich (definite nominative plural)
na balaich (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhalaich (definite genitive singular)
balach (definite genitive plural)
nam balach (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhalach (dative definite singular)
balaich (dative definite plural)
na balaich (dative definite plural)
balachaibh (dative definite plural)
bhalaich (definite singular vocative)
bhalacha (definite plural vocative)
balach (mutation mutation-radical)
bhalach (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.


duine

duine m (genitive singular duine, plural daoine)

duine (genitive singular)
daoine (plural)
duine (mutation mutation-radical)
dhuine (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish duine, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

der

1911 (Birlinn Limited), Edward Dwelly: The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary:
Duine gun mhath gun chron, is motha a chron na a mhath. ― A man that's neither good nor ill is more ill than good.


fireannach

From Old Irish firennach (“male”), from firend.


fireannach

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fireannach m (genitive singular fireannaich, plural fireannaich)

fireannaich (genitive singular)
fireannaich (plural)
fireannach (mutation mutation-radical)
fhireannach (lenition mutation)


seanair

seanair (indefinite nominative singular)
seanairean (indefinite nominative plural)
seanar (genitive indefinite singular)
sheanairean (genitive indefinite plural)
seanair (dative indefinite singular)
seanairean (dative indefinite plural)
seanair (definite nominative singular)
an seanair (definite nominative singular)
seanairean (definite nominative plural)
na seanairean (definite nominative plural)
t-seanar (definite genitive singular)
an t-seanar (definite genitive singular)
seanairean (definite genitive plural)
nan seanairean (definite genitive plural)
t-seanair (dative definite singular)
an t-seanair (dative definite singular)
seanairean (dative definite plural)
na seanairean (dative definite plural)
sheanair (definite singular vocative)
sheanairean (definite plural vocative)
seanair (mutation mutation-radical)
sheanair (lenition mutation)
after "an" (lenition mutation)
t-seanair (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish senathair, from sen (“old”) + athair (“father”).


tighearna

tighearna (indefinite nominative singular)
tighearnan (indefinite nominative plural)
tighearna (genitive indefinite singular)
thighearnan (genitive indefinite plural)
tighearna (dative indefinite singular)
tighearnan (dative indefinite plural)
tighearna (definite nominative singular)
an tighearna (definite nominative singular)
tighearnan (definite nominative plural)
na tighearnan (definite nominative plural)
tighearna (definite genitive singular)
an tighearna (definite genitive singular)
tighearnan (definite genitive plural)
nan tighearnan (definite genitive plural)
tighearna (dative definite singular)
an tighearna (dative definite singular)
tighearnan (dative definite plural)
na tighearnan (dative definite plural)
thighearna (definite singular vocative)
thighearnan (definite plural vocative)
tighearna (mutation mutation-radical)
thighearna (lenition mutation)

/ˈtʲʰijərˠn̪ˠə/

From Middle Irish tigerna, from Old Irish tigernae. Cognates include Irish tiarna and Manx çhiarn.


prionnsa

prionnsa m (genitive singular prionnsa, plural prionnsan or prionnsachan)

prionnsa (genitive singular)
prionnsan (plural)
prionnsachan (plural)

/ˈprʲũːn̪ˠs̪ə/

From Middle Irish prinnsa (compare Irish prionsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.


athair

athair m (genitive singular athar, plural athraichean)

athar (genitive singular)
athraichean (plural)
athair (indefinite nominative singular)
athraichean (indefinite nominative plural)
athar (genitive indefinite singular)
athraichean (genitive indefinite plural)
athair (dative indefinite singular)
athraichean (dative indefinite plural)
t-athair (definite nominative singular)
an t-athair (definite nominative singular)
h-athraichean (definite nominative plural)
na h-athraichean (definite nominative plural)
athar (definite genitive singular)
an athar (definite genitive singular)
athraichean (definite genitive plural)
nan athraichean (definite genitive plural)
athair (dative definite singular)
an athair (dative definite singular)
h-athraichean (dative definite plural)
na h-athraichean (dative definite plural)
athair (definite singular vocative)
athraichean (definite plural vocative)
athair (mutation mutation-radical)
n-athair (eclipsis mutation)
h-athair (mutation prothesis-h)
t-athair (mutation prothesis-t)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗrder.
Proto-Celtic *ɸatīrder.
Old Irish athair
Scottish Gaelic athair
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


Maighstir

Maighstir Mac Dhòmhnaill (Master MacDonald)


fear-seinn

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fear-seinn m (genitive singular fir-seinn, plural fir-seinn)

fir-seinn (genitive singular)
fir-seinn (plural)


òganach

òganach m (genitive singular òganaich, plural òganaich)

òganaich (genitive singular)
òganaich (plural)
òganach (mutation mutation-radical)
n-òganach (eclipsis mutation)
h-òganach (mutation prothesis-h)
t-òganach (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish ógán + -ach, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).


ògan

ògan m (genitive singular ògain, plural òganan)

ògain (genitive singular)
òganan (plural)
ògan (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ògan (eclipsis mutation)
h-ògan (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ògan (mutation prothesis-t)

From Middle Irish ógán, from Old Irish ócán, from óc (“young”).


bràthair-màthar

bràthair-màthar f (genitive singular bràthar-mhàthar, plural bràithrean-màthar)

bràthar-mhàthar (genitive singular)
bràithrean-màthar (plural)


cliamhainn

cliamhainn m (genitive singular cleamhna, plural cleamhnan)

cleamhna (genitive singular)
cleamhnan (plural)

From Middle Irish clíamain. Cognate with Irish cliamhain.


athair-baistidh

athair-baistidh m (genitive singular athar-baistidh, plural athraichean-baistidh)

athar-baistidh (genitive singular)
athraichean-baistidh (plural)


oide-baistidh

oide-baistidh m (genitive singular oide-baistidh, plural oidean-baistidh)

oide-baistidh (genitive singular)
oidean-baistidh (plural)


bràthair

bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean)

bràthar (genitive singular)
bràithrean (plural)
bràthair (indefinite nominative singular)
bràithrean (indefinite nominative plural)
bràthar (genitive indefinite singular)
bhràithrean (genitive indefinite plural)
bràthair (dative indefinite singular)
bràithrean (dative indefinite plural)
bràthair (definite nominative singular)
am bràthair (definite nominative singular)
bràithrean (definite nominative plural)
na bràithrean (definite nominative plural)
(a') bhràthar (definite genitive singular)
bràithrean (definite genitive plural)
nam bràithrean (definite genitive plural)
(a') bhràthair (dative definite singular)
bràithrean (dative definite plural)
na bràithrean (dative definite plural)
bhràthair (definite singular vocative)
bhràithrean (definite plural vocative)
bràthair (mutation mutation-radical)
bhràthair (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Tha am bràthair aig Seumas aig am bùth.


ogha

oghachan (plural)
oghaichean (plural)
ogha (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ogha (eclipsis mutation)
h-ogha (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ogha (mutation prothesis-t)

→ Scots: oe

From Old Irish aue, from Proto-Celtic *pavio-s, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-.


oide

oide m (genitive singular oide, plural oidean)

oide (genitive singular)
oidean (plural)
oide (mutation mutation-radical)
n-oide (eclipsis mutation)
h-oide (mutation prothesis-h)
t-oide (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish aite (“foster father”), from Proto-Celtic *attiyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.


òglach

òglach m (genitive singular òglaich, plural òglaich)

òglaich (genitive singular)
òglaich (plural)
òglach (mutation mutation-radical)
n-òglach (eclipsis mutation)
h-òglach (mutation prothesis-h)
t-òglach (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish óclach, from óc (“young”).


fleasgach

fleasgach m (genitive and plural fleasgaich)

From Middle Irish flescach (“lad under 17, whose weapon was a rod or wand rather than a spear”). By surface analysis, fleasg (“wand”) + -ach. Cognate with Irish fleascach.


fireann

fireann (mutation mutation-radical)
fhireann (lenition mutation)


diùc

diùcan (plural)
diùc (mutation mutation-radical)
dhiùc (lenition mutation)


uncail

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uncail m (genitive singular uncail, plural uncailean)

uncail (genitive singular)
uncailean (plural)
uncail (mutation mutation-radical)
n-uncail (eclipsis mutation)
h-uncail (mutation prothesis-h)
t-uncail (mutation prothesis-t)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avunculus
Old French unclebor.
Middle English uncle
English unclebor.
Scottish Gaelic uncail
From English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).


manach

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manach m (genitive singular manaich, plural manaich)

manaich (genitive singular)
manaich (plural)
manach (mutation mutation-radical)
mhanach (lenition mutation)

From Old Irish manach, from Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).


fear-smàlaidh

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fear-smàlaidh m (genitive singular fir-smàlaidh, plural fir-smàlaidh)

fir-smàlaidh (genitive singular)
fir-smàlaidh (plural)


ìmpire

ìmpire m (genitive singular ìmpire, plural ìmpirean)

ìmpire (genitive singular)
ìmpirean (plural)
ìmpire (mutation mutation-radical)
n-ìmpire (eclipsis mutation)
h-ìmpire (mutation prothesis-h)
t-ìmpire (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish impere, impire, from Latin imperium.


goistidh

goistidh m (genitive singular goistidh, plural goistidhean)

goistidh (genitive singular)
goistidhean (plural)
goistidh (mutation mutation-radical)
ghoistidh (lenition mutation)

From Middle Irish goistibe, goiste (“godparent, sponsor; gossip”), borrowed from Old English godsibb (“godparent”).