margadh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠəɡə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡu/

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

 

Related terms

• 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “margadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “margadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “margadh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• marcaid, margaid

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
margadh	mhargadh
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]‎^[1], 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