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
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
- Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
- It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maldachtL | maldachtL | maldachtaH |
| vocative | maldachtL | maldachtL | maldachtaH |
| accusative | maldachtN | maldachtL | maldachtaH |
| genitive | maldachtaeH | maldachtL | maldachtN |
| dative | maldachtL | maldachtaib | maldachtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maldacht | maldachtainL | maldachtain |
| vocative | maldacht | maldachtainL | maldachtnaH |
| accusative | maldachtainN | maldachtainL | maldachtnaH |
| genitive | maldachton, maldachtan | maldachton, maldachtanL | maldachton, maldachtanN |
| dative | maldachtainL, maldachtL | maldachtnaib | maldachtnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| 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