matad

Middle Irish

Etymology

From a variant form of Old Irish madrad.

Noun

matad m

1. dog

   Synonym: cú

2. cur

Derived terms

• mataidecht f (“doghood, state of being a dog”)

Descendants

• Irish: madadh
• Manx: moddey
• Scottish Gaelic: madadh

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
matadh	matadh 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), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

matad

1. second-person plural imperative of matar

Swedish

Participle

matad

1. past participle of mata