mallacht

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠəˈl̪ˠɑxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠal̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠal̪ˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

mallacht f (genitive singular mallachta, nominative plural mallachtaí)

1. curse, malediction

   Synonym: eascaine

   Antonym: beannacht

Declension

Declension of mallacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mallacht mallachtaí vocative a mhallacht a mhallachtaí genitive mallachta mallachtaí dative mallacht mallachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhallacht na mallachtaí genitive na mallachta na mallachtaí dative leis an mallacht don mhallacht leis na mallachtaí

Derived terms

• mallachtach
• mallachtach
• mallachtaigh
• mallachtóir

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of mallacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mallacht	mhallacht	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) “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

1. curse, malediction

Inflection

• Genitive singular: mallachta

Derived terms

• mallachtach
• mallachtaid

 

Descendants

• Irish: mallacht
• Manx: mollaght
• Scottish Gaelic: mallachd

Mutation

Mutation of mallacht

radical	lenition	nasalization
mallacht	mallacht pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mallacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language