molad

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English

Etymology

From Hebrew מוֹלָד (“birth”).

Noun

molad

  1. On the Hebrew Calendar, the time at which a new month begins.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 243:
      Prior to Mi She'asah Nisim it is customary, in the Ashkenazic rite, to announce the molad ("birth"), that is, the precise time at which the New Moon will become visible in Jerusalem.

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

molad

  1. inflection of mol:
    1. (Munster, literary) first-person singular present subjunctive
    2. (obsolete) third-person plural present indicative dependent

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
molad mholad not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātus. See also Middle Welsh molawdd and Gaulish molatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

molad m (genitive molto)

  1. verbal noun of molaidir
  2. praise
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67b24
      Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
      The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 126b16
      Im·folṅgi inducbáil dó in molad ro·mmolastar Día.
      The praise (with) which he has praised God causes glory to him.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative molad moladL moltaiH
Vocative molad moladL moltu
Accusative moladN moladL moltu
Genitive moltoH, moltaH moltoL, moltaL moltaeN
Dative moladL moltaib moltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: moladh
  • Scottish Gaelic: moladh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
molad
also mmolad after a proclitic 		molad
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Verb

molad

  1. second-person plural imperative of molar
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