miodhlach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish midlach (“one incapable of bearing arms, below the status of a warrior, weak-witted person; coward, weakling”).

Noun

miodhlach f (genitive singular miodhlaí, nominative plural miodhlacha)

  1. (literary) weakling, coward; buffoon, imbecile

Declension

Declension of miodhlach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative miodhlach miodhlacha
vocative a mhiodhlach a mhiodhlacha
genitive miodhlaí miodhlach
dative miodhlach miodhlacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhiodhlach na miodhlacha
genitive na miodhlaí na miodhlach
dative leis an miodhlach
don mhiodhlach 		leis na miodhlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of miodhlach
radical lenition eclipsis
miodhlach mhiodhlach 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

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