mallachtach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mallachtach (“accursed”). By surface analysis, mallacht (“curse”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mallachtach (genitive singular masculine mallachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mallachtaí, plural mallachtacha, comparative mallachtaí)

  1. maledictory
  2. accursed

Declension

Declension of mallachtach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative mallachtach mhallachtach mallachtacha;
mhallachtacha2
vocative mhallachtaigh mallachtacha
genitive mallachtaí mallachtacha mallachtach
dative mallachtach;
mhallachtach1 		mhallachtach;
mhallachtaigh (archaic) 		mallachtacha;
mhallachtacha2
Comparative níos mallachtaí
Superlative is mallachtaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

mallachtach f (genitive singular mallachtaí)

  1. (act of) cursing, swearing, profanity
    Synonym: mallachtóireacht

Declension

Declension of mallachtach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative mallachtach
vocative a mhallachtach
genitive mallachtaí
dative mallachtach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhallachtach
genitive na mallachtaí
dative leis an mallachtach
don mhallachtach

Mutation

Mutated forms of mallachtach
radical lenition eclipsis
mallachtach mhallachtach not applicable

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

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