madra

Drehu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɖa/

Noun

madra

blood

Adjective

madra

red

References

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmˠad̪ˠɾˠə]
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Etymology 1

From Old Irish madrad, matrad.

Noun

madra m (genitive singular madra, nominative plural madraí)

dog
Is teann gach madra ag a dhoras féin. (“A cock is bold on his own dunghill.”, literally “Every dog is bold at his own door.”) —Proverb

An té a bhuailfeadh mo mhadra bhuailfeadh sé mé féin. (“Love me love my dog.”, literally “Whoever beats my dog beats me.”) —Proverb

Tá an madra marbh! (“The fat is in the fire!”, literally “The dog is dead!”)

Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madadh

Declension

Declension of madra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	madra	madraí
Vocative	a mhadra	a mhadraí
Genitive	madra	madraí
Dative	madra	madraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an madra	na madraí
Genitive	an mhadra	na madraí
Dative	leis an madra don mhadra	leis na madraí

Alternative forms

madradh (obsolete)
madar, madara

Derived terms

Terms derived from madra

carrmhadra m (“mangy dog”)
coiléar madra m (“dog collar”)
cró madra m (“kennel”)
madra alla m, madra allta m (“wolf”)
madra bán m (“bee larva”)
madra broic m (“badger-dog, basset”)
madra caorach m (“sheep-dog, collie”)
madra crainn m (“squirrel”)
madra dúiseachta m (“pointer”)

madra éisc m, madra scadán m (“dogfish”)
madra feothain m (“dog-vane”)
madra gaoithe m (“light over horizon portending storm, (sea-)dog”)
madra garbh m (“spiny dogfish”)
madra gearr m (“terrier”)
madra gorm m (“tope”)
madra gríofa m (“griffon (terrier)”)
madra lathaí m (“guttersnipe; menial; bedraggled person”)
madra maith dráimh m (“good strong non-trump card”)

madra mór m (“greater spotted dogfish”)
madra rua m (“fox; sugar-wrack”)
madra seilge m, madra fiaigh m (“hunting-dog”)
madra taoide m (“strong-running tide”)
madra uisce m (“otter”)
madrúil (“doglike, doggish; brutish, beastly; coarse, unmannerly; obscene”, adjective)
maidrín m (diminutive)
smutmhadra m (“pug dog”)

Etymology 2

Noun

madra m (genitive singular madra)

Alternative form of madar (“madder”)

Declension

Declension of madra

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	madra
Vocative	a mhadra
Genitive	madra
Dative	madra

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an madra
Genitive	an mhadra
Dative	leis an madra don mhadra

Mutation

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

madra

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

Adjective

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Mutation

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