mallachtach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mallachtach (“accursed”). By surface analysis, mallacht (“curse”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
mallachtach (genitive singular masculine mallachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mallachtaí, plural mallachtacha, comparative mallachtaí)
Declension
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
mallachtach f (genitive singular mallachtaí)
- (act of) cursing, swearing, profanity
- Synonym: mallachtóireacht
Declension
Declension of mallachtach
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mallachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mallachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “profanity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “swearing”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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