mallachd

Irish

Noun

mallachd f (genitive singular mallachda, nominative plural mallachda)

  1. obsolete spelling of mallacht (curse)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mallachd
radical lenition eclipsis
mallachd mhallachd not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • mollachd, mullachd

Etymology

From Middle Irish mallacht, from Old Irish maldacht, from Latin maledictiō (curse, condemnation, slander). By surface analysis, mallaich +‎ -chd

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈmal̪ˠəxk/[1]
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈmɔl̪ˠəxk/[2] (corresponding to the form mollachd)
  • (Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈmul̪ˠəxk/ (corresponding to the form mullachd)

Noun

mallachd f (plural mallachdan)

  1. curse, oath, imprecation, malediction

Declension

Declension of mallachd (class IIe feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative mallachd mallachdan
genitive mallachd mhallachdan
dative mallachd mallachdan; mallachdaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') mhallachd (na) mallachdan
genitive (na) mallachd (nam) mallachdan
dative (a') mhallachd (na) mallachdan; mallachdaibh
vocative mhallachd mhallachdan

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

  • mac-mallachd (the devil)
  • mallachdan (rogue)

Mutation

Mutation of mallachd
radical lenition
mallachd mhallachd

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

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mallachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN