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

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

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

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mallacht	mallacht pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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