madach
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaðax]
Adjective
madach
- vain (pointless, futile)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 46b12
- madach glosses frustrata
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 46b12
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | madach | madach | madach |
| vocative | madaig* madach** | ||
| accusative | madach | madaig | |
| genitive | madaig | madaige | madaig |
| dative | madach | madaig | madach |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | madaig | madacha | |
| vocative | madachu madacha† | ||
| accusative | madachu madacha† | ||
| genitive | madach | ||
| dative | madachaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| madach also mmadach in h-prothesis environments |
madach pronounced with /β̃-/ |
madach also mmadach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “madach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language