magadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)), borrowed from Middle English mocken (modern English mock), from Old French mocquer.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑɡə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɡə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɡuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɡu/

Noun

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh)

1. (act of) mocking; mockery, ridicule; joking
2. laughing at [with faoi]

Usage notes

Can be used as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms, as:

• Bhí sé do mo mhagadh. ― He mocked me.
• Ná bí ag magadh faoi do dheirfiúr! ― Don't laugh at your sister!

Declension

Declension of magadh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative magadh vocative a mhagaidh genitive magaidh dative magadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an magadh genitive an mhagaidh dative leis an magadh don mhagadh

Derived terms

• airí an mhagaidh
• ceap magaidh
• cleas magaidh (“practical joke”)
• cleithireacht mhagaidh (“sly joking, teasing”)
• cúrsa magaidh (“laughing matter”)
• dóigh magaidh
• eala mhagaidh
• gáir mhagaidh (“shout of derision”)
• lucht magaidh (“mockers, scoffers”)
• mugadh magadh (“humbug, farce”)
• obair mar mhagadh (“sham work”)
• staic mhagaidh (“laughing-stock”)
• steall mhagaidh (“bout of jeering”)
• streill mhagaidh (“derisive grin”)
• troid mar mhagadh (“sham fight”)
• ula mhagaidh

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of magadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
magadh	mhagadh	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “magadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “magaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 456

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of Middle Irish mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)), borrowed from Middle English mocken (modern English mock), from Old French mocquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakəɣ/

Noun

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh, plural magaidhean)

1. verbal noun of mag
2. deriding, act of deriding, scoffing, mocking
3. mockery, derision, ridicule
4. burlesque

Mutation

Mutation of magadh

radical	lenition
magadh	mhagadh

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “magadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “magad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language