molad

English

Etymology

From Hebrew מוֹלָד (“birth”).

Noun

molad

On the Hebrew Calendar, the time at which a new month begins.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 243:
  Prior to Mi She'asah Nisim it is customary, in the Ashkenazic rite, to announce the molad ("birth"), that is, the precise time at which the New Moon will become visible in Jerusalem.

Anagrams

MOALD, Dolma, dolma, modal, domal

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔl̪ˠəd̪ˠ/

Verb

molad

inflection of mol:
1. (Munster, literary) first-person singular present subjunctive
2. (obsolete) third-person plural present indicative dependent

Mutation

Mutated forms of *molad*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
molad	mholad	not applicable

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātus. See also Middle Welsh molawdd and Gaulish molatus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmolað]

Noun

molad m (genitive molto)

verbal noun of molaidir
praise
- 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. 67^b24
  Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
  The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.
- 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. 126^b16
  Im·folṅgi inducbáil dó in molad ro·mmolastar Día.
  The praise (with) which he has praised God causes glory to him.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	molad	molad^L	moltai^H
vocative	molad	molad^L	moltu
accusative	molad^N	molad^L	moltu
genitive	molto^H, molta^H	molto^L, molta^L	moltae^N
dative	molad^L	moltaib	moltaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: moladh
Scottish Gaelic: moladh

Mutation

Mutation of *molad*
radical	lenition	nasalization
molad also mmolad in h-prothesis environments	molad pronounced with /β̃-/	molad also mmolad

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

Spanish

Verb

molad

second-person plural imperative of molar