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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)
- (Connacht, Ulster) dog
- Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra
Declension
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| madadh
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mhadadh
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish matad (“common dog, cur”).
Pronunciation
Noun
madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, plural madaidhean)
- dog, fox, wolf
- cock of a gun-lock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)
- butt-end of a gun
- the large mussel, like the bait-mussel and as large as the mùsgan
Usage notes
- The word 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 Arran, however, madadh is the usual term for a dog, and cù is seldom heard.
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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mhadadh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language