mallacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maldacht, mallacht, from Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”). Compare beannacht (“blessing, greeting”), from Old Irish bennacht, from Latin benedictiō.

Noun

mallacht f (genitive mallachta, nominative plural mallachtaí)

1. curse

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

Antonyms

• beannacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mallacht	mhallacht	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• maldacht

Etymology

From Latin maledictiō (“curse, condemnation, slander”).

Noun

mallacht f and m

1. curse, malediction

Derived terms

• mallachtach
• mallachtaid

Descendants

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