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mallacht

mallacht

Irish

Noun

mallacht f (genitive singular mallachta, nominative plural mallachtaí)

  1. curse

Declension

Antonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mallacht mhallacht unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • maldacht

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin maledictiō (curse, condemnation, slander).

Noun

mallacht f, m

  1. curse, malediction

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • mallachtach
  • mallachtaid

Descendants

  • Irish: mallacht
  • Manx: mollaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: mallachd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mallacht
also mmallacht after a proclitic
mallacht
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
mallacht
also mmallacht after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.