mallachd

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/ (corresponding to the form mollachd)
• (Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈmul̪ˠəxk/ (corresponding to the form mullachd)

Noun

mallachd f (plural mallachdan)

1. 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.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mallachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN