margadh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠəɡə/, /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡə/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈmˠaːɾˠəɡə]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡuː/

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

Mutated forms of margadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
margadh	mhargadh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “margadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “margadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “margadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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

Mutation of margadh

radical	lenition
margadh	mhargadh

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

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language