margadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish margad, marggad,[1] from Old Norse markaðr (Icelandic markaður), from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠəɡə/[2]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡu/[3]

Noun

margadh m (genitive singular margaidh, nominative plural margaí)

  1. market
  2. bargain
  3. agreement, compact

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
Alternative plural
margáintí (bargain; agreement, compact)

Derived terms
  • áit margaidh (“market-ground”)
  • baile margaidh
  • barr margaidh (“cash crop”)
  • béarmhargadh
  • beartmhargadh
  • cuachmhargadh
  • fear margaidh (“marketeer; bargain-maker”)
  • garraí margaidh (“market garden”)
  • garraíodóir margaidh (“market-gardener”)
  • garraíodóireacht mhargaidh (“market gardening”)
  • hipearmhargadh
  • lá margaidh (“market-day”)
  • log margaidh (“market-place”)
  • margadh airgid (“money market”)
  • margadh an tsaothair (“labour market”)
  • margadh aonair (“single market”)
  • margadh bríomhar (“a buoyant market”)
  • margadh buacach
  • margadh buillin (“bullion market”)
  • margadh bullúil (“a bullish market”)
  • margadh caipitil (“capital market”)
  • margadh ceannaitheora (“buyer's market”)
  • margadh cothromais (“equity market”)
  • margadh craicinn (“meat market (place for finding sexual partner)”)
  • margadh dubh (“black market”)
  • margadh fostaíochta
  • margadh leathair
  • margadh liath (“grey market”)
  • margadh mangarae (“jumble sale”)
  • margadh na míol (“flea market”)
  • margadh nideoige (“niche market”)
  • margadh oscailte (“open market”)
  • margadh pacáiste (“package deal”)
  • margadh rúin (“sweetheart deal”)
  • margadh scoilte (“a fragmented market”)
  • ollmhargadh
  • sladmhargadh
  • stocmhargadh
  • margaigh (“market”, transitive verb)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish margad, marggad, from Old Norse markaðr (Icelandic markaður), from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾˠakəɣ/

Noun

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

  1. market
    Synonym: fèill

Derived terms
  • aon-mhargadh (“monopoly”)
  • margadh an éisg (“fish-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”)
  • margadh-chaorach (“sheep-market”)
  • margadh-chlòimh (“wool-market”)
  • margadh-chruidh (“cattle-market”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
margadhmhargadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “margadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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