madadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• mada

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠuː/

Noun

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, nominative plural madaí)

1. (Connacht, Ulster) dog

   Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra

Declension

Declension of madadh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative madadh madaí vocative a mhadaidh a mhadaí genitive madaidh madaí dative madadh madaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an madadh na madaí genitive an mhadaidh na madaí dative leis an madadh don mhadadh leis na madaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of madadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
madadh	mhadadh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• mada

Etymology

From Middle Irish matad (“dog”). Cognates include Irish madadh and Manx moddey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat̪əɣ/

Noun

madadh m

1. dog, fox, wolf
2. brown mussel
3. butt-end of a gun
4. cock of a gunlock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)

Usage notes

• madadh 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 the Arran dialect, however, madadh is the usual term for a dog, and cù is seldom heard.

Declension

Declension of madadh (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	madadh	madaidhean
Genitive	madaidh	mhadaidhean
Dative	madadh	madaidhean; madaidhibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(am) madadh	(na) madaidhean
Genitive	(a') mhadaidh	(nam) madaidhean
Dative	(a') mhadadh	(na) madaidhean; madaidhibh✝
Vocative	mhadaidh	mhadaidhean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• madadh-allaidh
• madadh-donn
• madadh-gul
• madadh-mór
• madadh-ruadh
• madadh-ruadh
• madadh-uisge

 

Mutation

Mutation of madadh

radical	lenition
madadh	mhadadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “madadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “matad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003) “madadh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 411