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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mallachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mallachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “profanity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “swearing”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024