madadh-allaidh

See also: madadh allaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • alla-mhadadh, allmhadadh, madadh-all, madadh-ulaith, mada-gallaidh, madadh-ulaidh

Etymology

Compare Irish madra alla, madra allta.

Noun

madadh-allaidh m (genitive singular madaidh-allaidh, plural madaidhean-allaidh)

  1. wolf
    Synonyms: faol, madadh-gul, madadh-mór

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
madadh-allaidhmhadadh-allaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh-allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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