mac rí

mac rí

Irish

Noun

mac rí m (genitive singular mic rí, nominative plural mic rí)

1. prince (son of a king)

   Ní huaisle mac rí ná a chuid. (“Handsome is as handsome does.”) —Proverb

   Synonym: prionsa

   Coordinate terms: iníon rí, banphrionsa

Declension

Declension of mac rí

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mac rí mic rí Vocative a mhic rí a mhaca rí Genitive mic rí mac rí Dative mac rí mic rí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mac rí na mic rí Genitive an mhic rí na mac rí Dative leis an mac rí don mhac rí leis na mic rí

Derived terms

• lus mhic rí Breatan (“wild thyme”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mac rí	mhac rí	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), “mac rí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “mac rí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.