madadh

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
madadhmhadadh
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]‎, 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
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