madadh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish matad (“common dog, cur”). Compare madra.

Pronunciation

Noun

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, nominative plural madaí)

  1. (Connacht, Ulster) dog
    Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra

Declension

Declension of madadh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative madadh madaí
vocative a mhadaidh a mhadaí
genitive madaidh madaí
dative madadh madaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an madadh na madaí
genitive an mhadaidh na madaí
dative leis an madadh
don mhadadh 		leis na madaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of madadh
radical lenition eclipsis
madadh mhadadh not applicable

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish matad (“dog”). Cognates include Irish madadh and Manx moddey.

Pronunciation

Noun

madadh m

  1. dog, fox, wolf
  2. brown mussel
  3. butt-end of a gun
  4. cock of a gunlock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)

Usage notes

  • madadh may refer to various canids; however, the usual term for "dog" is cù, and derived compound nouns are usually used for the other species. In the Arran dialect, however, madadh is the usual term for a dog, and cù is seldom heard.

Declension

Declension of madadh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative madadh madaidhean
genitive madaidh mhadaidhean
dative madadh madaidhean; madaidhibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) madadh (na) madaidhean
genitive (a') mhadaidh (nam) madaidhean
dative (a') mhadadh (na) madaidhean; madaidhibh✝
vocative mhadaidh mhadaidhean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of madadh
radical lenition
madadh mhadadh

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Colin Mark (2003) “madadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 411
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