From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alteration of Middle Irish machtnad (“wonder, surprise”),[2] a variant of Old Irish machdad (“wonder, astonishment”).[3] By surface analysis, machn(aigh) + -amh.
machnamh m (genitive singular machnaimh)
- verbal noun of machnaigh
- contemplation, meditation, consideration
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ “machnamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “machtnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 machtad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
- ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 109; reprinted 1988
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “machtnamh”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “machtnaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 455
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “machnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
