mallachd

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

mollachd, mullachd

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmal̪ˠəxk/
(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl̪ˠəxk/^[1] (corresponding to the form mollachd)
(Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈmul̪ˠəxk/ (corresponding to the form mullachd)

Noun

mallachd f (plural mallachdan)

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

mac-mallachd (“the devil”)
mallachdan (“rogue”)

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

^ 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 [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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