mallachd

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish mallacht, from Old Irish maldacht, from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”). By surface analysis, mallaich +‎ -chd

Pronunciation

Noun

mallachd f (plural mallachdan)

  1. curse, oath, imprecation, malediction

Declension

Declension of mallachd (class IIe feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative mallachd mallachdan
Genitive mallachd mhallachdan
Dative mallachd mallachdan; mallachdaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') mhallachd (na) mallachdan
Genitive (na) mallachd (nam) mallachdan
Dative (a') mhallachd (na) mallachdan; mallachdaibh✝
Vocative mhallachd mhallachdan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of mallachd
radical lenition
mallachd mhallachd

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mallachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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