mamach

Irish

Etymology

From mam +‎ -ach, or possibly from Latin mamma (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠamˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠamˠa(x)/

Adjective

mamach (genitive singular masculine mamaigh, genitive singular feminine mamaí, plural mamacha, not comparable)

1. mammary
2. mammal, mammalian

Declension

Declension of mamach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mamach	mhamach	mamacha; mhamacha2
vocative	mhamaigh		mamacha
genitive		mamaí	mamacha	mamach
dative	mamach; mhamach1	mhamach; mhamaigh (archaic)	mamacha; mhamacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² 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)

1. mammal

Declension

Declension of mamach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mamach mamaigh vocative a mhamaigh a mhamacha genitive mamaigh mamach dative mamach mamaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mamach na mamaigh genitive an mhamaigh na mamach dative leis an mamach don mhamach leis na mamaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of mamach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mamach	mhamach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mamach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

1. locative plural of mama

Palauan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Noun

mamach

1. betelnut chew

Derived terms

• melamech

References

• mamach in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• mamach in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• mamach in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 140.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.max/
• Rhymes: -amax
• Syllabification: ma‧mach

Noun

mamach f

1. locative plural of mama

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamax]

Noun

mamach

1. locative plural of mama