maccoím

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

maccaoím

Etymology

From Old Irish macc coím. By surface analysis, macc (“boy”) +‎ cóem (“dear, gentle”).

Noun

maccoím m

boy, lad
servant

Derived terms

maccoímnacht

Descendants

Irish: macaomh
→ Middle Welsh: makwyf
- Welsh: macwy

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
maccoím	maccoím pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maccoím”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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