mallachtach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mallachtach (“accursed”); synchronically, mallacht (“curse”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mallachtach (genitive singular masculine mallachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mallachtaí, plural mallachtacha, comparative mallachtaí)

  1. maledictory
  2. accursed

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)

  1. (act of) cursing, swearing, profanity
    Synonym: mallachtóireacht

Declension
Declension of mallachtach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative mallachtach
Vocative a mhallachtach
Genitive mallachtaí
Dative mallachtach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhallachtach
Genitive na mallachtaí
Dative leis an mallachtach

don mhallachtach

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
  • “mallachtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "mallachtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “profanity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “swearing” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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