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mamach
mamach
Irish
Adjective
mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, comparative mamaí)
Declension
Declension of mamach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | mamach | mamach¹ | mamacha³ | |
| Vocative | mamaigh¹ | mamach¹ | mamacha | |
| Genitive | mamaigh¹ |  mamaí (obsolete) mamaighe  | 
mamacha | mamach | 
| Dative | mamach² |  mamach¹ (archaic) mamaigh¹  | 
mamacha³ | |
| Comparative |  mamaí (obsolete) mamaighe  | 
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- faireog mhamach f (“mammary gland”)
 
Noun
mamach m (genitive singular mamaigh, nominative plural mamaigh)
Declension
Declension of mamach
First declension
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 Bare forms: 
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 Forms with the definite article: 
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| mamach | mhamach | unchanged | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | ||