modhail
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
modh (“good manners, breeding, civility, courtesy”) + -ail. Compare Irish modhúil.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
modhail (genitive singular masculine modhail, genitive singular feminine modhaile, nominative plural modhaile, comparative modhaile)
- courteous, mannerly, polite
- bi modhail! ― behave!
- Am faod sinn a dhol ann? Faodaidh air chòir 's gum bi sibh modhail.
- Can we come? You may as long as you are polite.
- gracious, civil, complaisant
- ceremonial
- fashionable, modish