magadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɡə/

Noun

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh)

(act of) mocking; mockery, ridicule; joking

Declension

Declension of magadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	magadh
Vocative	a mhagaidh
Genitive	magaidh
Dative	magadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an magadh
Genitive	an mhagaidh
Dative	leis an magadh don mhagadh

Derived terms

Terms derived from magadh

airí an mhagaidh, ceap magaidh, staic mhagaidh (“laughing-stock”)
cleas magaidh (“practical joke”)
cleithireacht mhagaidh (“sly joking, teasing”)
cúrsa magaidh (“laughing matter”)

dóigh magaidh, eala mhagaidh, ula mhagaidh (“object of ridicule, butt”)
gáir mhagaidh (“shout of derision”)
lucht magaidh (“mockers, scoffers”)
mugadh magadh (“humbug, farce”)

obair mar mhagadh (“sham work”)
steall mhagaidh (“bout of jeering”)
streill mhagaidh (“derisive grin”)
troid mar mhagadh (“sham fight”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of Middle Irish mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)).

Noun

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh, plural magaidhean)

verbal noun of mag
deriding, act of deriding, scoffing, mocking
mockery, derision, ridicule
burlesque

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
magadh	mhagadh
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
“magad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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