madach

Old Irish

Etymology

From madae +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmaðax]

Adjective

madach

  1. vain (pointless, futile)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 46b12
      madach glosses frustrata

Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative madach madach madach
Vocative madaig*
madach**
Accusative madach madaig
Genitive madaig madaige madaig
Dative madach madaig madach
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative madaig madacha
Vocative madachu
madacha†
Accusative madachu
madacha†
Genitive madach
Dative madachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
madach
also mmadach after a proclitic		 madach
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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