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margadh

margadh

Irish

Noun

margadh m ‎(genitive singular margaidh, nominative plural margaí)

Declension

Declension of margadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	margadh	margaí
Vocative	a mhargaidh	a mhargaí
Genitive	margaidh	margaí
Dative	margadh	margaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an margadh	na margaí
Genitive	an mhargaidh	na margaí
Dative	leis an margadh don mhargadh	leis na margaí

Derived terms

baile margaidh m ‎(“market town”)
margaidh ‎(“market”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
margadh	mhargadh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"margadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish margad, marggad, from Old Norse markaðr, from Latin mercātus.

Noun

margadh m, f ‎(genitive singular margaidh, plural margaidhean)

market

Synonyms

fèill

Derived terms

Terms derived from margadh

aon-mhargadh ‎(“monopoly”)
margadh an éisg ‎(“fish-market”)
margadh-chaorach ‎(“sheep-market”)
margadh-chlòimh ‎(“wool-market”)

margadh-chruidh ‎(“cattle-market”)
margadh na feòla ‎(“meat-market, butcher shop”)
margadh na mìne ‎(“meal-market”)

margadh nam meas ‎(“fruit-market”)
margadh nam muc ‎(“hog-market”)
margadh nan luibhean ‎(“vegetable market”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9