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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
Noun
mallacht f (genitive singular mallachta, nominative plural mallachtaí)
- curse, malediction
- Synonym: eascaine
- Antonym: beannacht
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| mallacht
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mhallacht
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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) “mallacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mallacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mallacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mallacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish maldacht, borrowed from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”).
Noun
mallacht f or m
- curse, malediction
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| mallacht |
mallacht
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged
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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