mì-àdhach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì-àdh (“bad fortune, evil luck, misfortune, unlucky event”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

mì-àdhach (genitive singular masculine mì-àdhaich, genitive singular feminine mì-àdhaiche, nominative plural mì-àdhacha, comparative mì-àdhaiche)

  1. unlucky, unfortunate
    Synonym: mì-àdhmhor
  • mì-àdhmhorachd f (“unfortunateness”)

Mutation

Mutation of mì-àdhach
radical lenition
mì-àdhach mhì-àdhach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-àdhach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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