magadh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)),[1] borrowed from Middle English mocken (modern English mock), from Old French mocquer.[2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh)

  1. (act of) mocking; mockery, ridicule; joking
  2. (transitive with faoi) laughing at

Usage notes[edit]

Can be used as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms, as:

  • Bhí sé do mo mhagadh. ― He mocked me.
  • Ná bí ag magadh faoi do dheirfiúr! ― Don't laugh at your sister!

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “magad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “magadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mocio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From magad (“mocking, jeering”), a late form of Middle Irish mangad (compare modern meangadh (“smile”)), borrowed from Middle English mocken (modern English mock), from Old French mocquer.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

magadh m (genitive singular magaidh, plural magaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of mag
  2. deriding, act of deriding, scoffing, mocking
  3. mockery, derision, ridicule
  4. burlesque

Mutation[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “magadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mocio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Further reading[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “magadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “magad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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