madadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• mada

Etymology

From Middle Irish matad (“common dog, cur”). Compare madra.

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠu/

Noun

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, nominative plural madaí)

1. (Connacht, Ulster) dog

   Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra

Declension

Declension of madadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative madadh madaí Vocative a mhadaidh a mhadaí Genitive madaidh madaí Dative madadh madaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an madadh na madaí Genitive an mhadaidh na madaí Dative leis an madadh don mhadadh leis na madaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
madadh	mhadadh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• mada

Etymology

From Middle Irish matad (“common dog, cur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatəɣ/

Noun

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, plural madaidhean)

1. dog, fox, wolf
2. cock of a gun-lock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)
3. butt-end of a gun
4. the large mussel, like the bait-mussel and as large as the mùsgan

Usage notes

• The word may refer to various canids; however, the usual term for dog is cù, and derived compound nouns are usually used for the other species. In Arran, however, madadh is the usual term for a dog, and cù is seldom heard.

Derived terms

• madadh-allaidh
• madadh-donn
• madadh-gul
• madadh-mór
• madadh-ruadh
• madadh-uisge

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
madadh	mhadadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language