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mallachtach

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. maledictory
  2. accursed

Declension

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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

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mallachtach f (genitive singular mallachtaí)

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

Declension

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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

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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.

Further reading

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