maigheach

Scottish Gaelic

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

Mutation of maigheach

radical	lenition
maigheach	mhaigheach

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

References

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