maigheach

Scottish Gaelic

Maigheach.

Etymology

From Middle Irish míl maige (literally “plains beast”). Cognate with Manx mwaagh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɤjəx/

Noun

maigheach f

1. hare

Declension

Declension of maigheach (class IIa feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maigheach	maighichean
Genitive	maighiche, maighich	mhaigheach
Dative	maighich	maighichean; maighichibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a') mhaigheach	(na) maighichean
Genitive	(na) maighiche, maighich	(nam) maigheach
Dative	(a') mhaighich	(na) maighichean; maighichibh✝
Vocative	mhaigheach	mhaigheacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• geàrr

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
maigheach	mhaigheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “maigheach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 412