Old Irish

Alternative forms

• midlaech

Adjective

midlach ‎(comparative midlachu)

1. cowardly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

midlach f, m ‎(genitive midlaig or midlaige)

1. coward, weakling
2. person incapable of bearing arms
3. person of low social class
4. weak-witted person

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• midlachas ‎(“cowardice”)
• midlachda ‎(“timid, cowardly”)
• midlaigecht ‎(“cowardice”)

Descendants

• Irish miodhlach

References

• “midlach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.