Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish mullach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mullach m (genitive singular mullaigh, nominative plural mullaí)

  1. top
  2. crown (topmost part of the head)
    Synonym: baithis
  3. (geology) eminence (elevated land area or hill)
  4. ridge (highest point on a roof)
  5. summit (top of a mountain)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mullach mhullach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

DIL assumes this to be mul (lump, heap) +‎ -ach, but the lack of lenition on the l is unexplainable if this route is taken.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mullach m

  1. top
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 58c4
      di mulluch int slebe
      from the top of the mountain
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 72, pages 115-179:
      Iarsin trosc[ud] tanaise ro·tuit in tenid co rro·loisc hé o mulluch co talmin.
      After [Máel Ruain's] second fasting, fire came down [on the king] and burnt [the king] from head to toe.

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mullach mullachL mullaigL
Vocative mullaig mullachL mullachuH
Accusative mullachN mullachL mullachuH
Genitive mullaigL mullach mullachN
Dative mulluchL mullachaib mullachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: mullach
  • Scottish Gaelic: mullach

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mullach
also mmullach after a proclitic
mullach
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish mullach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mullach m (genitive singular mullaich, plural mullaichean)

  1. top
  2. crest, ridge, summit, peak
  3. roof
  4. ceiling
  5. lid
  6. crown
  7. upland, height

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit