maslaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish maslaigid.[1] By surface analysis, masla +‎ -igh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic maslaich.

Alternative forms

  • masluigh (obsolete)

Verb

maslaigh (present analytic maslaíonn, future analytic maslóidh, verbal noun maslú, past participle maslaithe)

  1. to insult, affront, abuse, blaspheme
  2. to dishonor, disrespect
  3. to overstrain, overtax
    Mhaslaigh tú an gasúr leis an siúl fada.
    You overstrained the boy with the long walk.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Yola: masled (past participle)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maslaigh

  1. inflection of maslach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of maslaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
maslaigh mhaslaigh 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maslaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language