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mallachtach

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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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

Further reading

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