mallacht
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish mallacht, from Old Irish maldacht, from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”). Compare beannacht (“blessing, greeting”), from Old Irish bennacht, from Latin benedictiō.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of mallacht
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mallacht | mhallacht | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mallacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mallacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mallacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mallacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish maldacht, borrowed from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”).
Inflection
- Genitive singular: mallachta
Derived terms
- mallachtach
- mallachtaid
Descendants
- Irish: mallacht
- Manx: mollaght
- Scottish Gaelic: mallachd
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| mallacht | mallacht pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mallacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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