madadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, nominative plural madaí)

  1. (Cois Fharraige, Ulster) dog
    Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra

Declension

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

  • "mada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “matad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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
RadicalLenition
madadhmhadadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “matad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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