mèirleach
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish meirlech (“a robber, a bandit”). By surface analysis, mèirle + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mèirleach m (genitive singular mèirlich, plural mèirlich)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mèirleach (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | mèirleach | mèirlich |
| Genitive | mèirlich | mhèirleach |
| Dative | mèirleach | mèirlich; mèirleachaibh* |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) mèirleach | (na) mèirlich |
| Genitive | (a') mhèirlich | (nam) mèirleach |
| Dative | (a') mhèirleach | (na) mèirlich; mèirleachaibh* |
| Vocative | (a) mhèirlich | (a) mhèirleacha |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| mèirleach | mhèirleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 meirlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language