macalla
See also: məcəllə
Irish
Alternative forms
- mac-alla (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish mac alla (“echo”, literally “son of a cliff”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠaˈkal̪ˠə/
Noun
macalla m (genitive singular macalla, nominative plural macallaí)
- echo, reverberation
- Synonym: allabhair
Declension
Declension of macalla
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| macalla | mhacalla | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “macalla”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “macalla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 454
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