mallacht

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish mallacht, from Old Irish maldacht, from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”).[2] Compare beannacht (“blessing, greeting”), from Old Irish bendacht, from Latin benedictiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mallacht f (genitive singular mallachta, nominative plural mallachtaí)

  1. curse, malediction
    Synonym: eascaine
    Antonym: beannacht

Declension

Declension of mallacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mallacht mallachtaí
vocative a mhallacht a mhallachtaí
genitive mallachta mallachtaí
dative mallacht mallachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhallacht na mallachtaí
genitive na mallachta na mallachtaí
dative leis an mallacht
don mhallacht 		leis na mallachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mallacht
radical lenition eclipsis
mallacht mhallacht not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “mallacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mallacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  4. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 362, page 77
  5. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 336, page 156
  6. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
  7. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 354, page 69
  8. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 357
  9. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 3, page 5

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maldacht, borrowed from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”).

Noun

mallacht f or m

  1. curse, malediction

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: mallacht
  • Manx: mollaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: mallachd

Mutation

Mutation of mallacht
radical lenition nasalization
mallacht
also mmallacht after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		mallacht
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

Further reading

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