Murchadh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Muircath, from muir (“sea”) + cath (“battle”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Murchadh m (genitive Mhurchaidh, vocative a Mhurchaidh, diminutive Murchan or Murdaidh or Murdanaidh or Murdaigean)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Murdo or Murdoch

Descendants

  • English: Murdo, Murdoch

Mutation

Mutation of Murchadh
radical lenition
Murchadh Mhurchadh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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