maldacht

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin maledictiō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmal̪.d̪əxt̪/
- (Blasse) [ˈmal̪.d̪axt̪]
- (Griffith) [ˈmal̪.d̪əxt̪]

Noun

maldacht f (genitive maldachtae or maldachtan, nominative plural maldachta)

curse
For quotations using this term, see Citations:maldacht.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	maldacht^L	maldacht^L	maldachta^H
vocative	maldacht^L	maldacht^L	maldachta^H
accusative	maldacht^N	maldacht^L	maldachta^H
genitive	maldachtae^H	maldacht^L	maldacht^N
dative	maldacht^L	maldachtaib	maldachtaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	maldacht	maldachtain^L	maldachtain
vocative	maldacht	maldachtain^L	maldachtna^H
accusative	maldachtain^N	maldachtain^L	maldachtna^H
genitive	maldachton, maldachtan	maldachton, maldachtan^L	maldachton, maldachtan^N
dative	maldachtain^L, maldacht^L	maldachtnaib	maldachtnaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: mallacht
- Irish: mallacht
- Manx: mollaght
- Scottish Gaelic: mallachd

Mutation

Mutation of *maldacht*
radical	lenition	nasalization
maldacht also mmaldacht in h-prothesis environments	maldacht pronounced with /β̃-/	maldacht also mmaldacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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