midlach

midlach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• midlaech

Adjective

midlach (comparative midlachu)

1. cowardly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

midlach f, m (genitive midlaig or midlaige)

1. coward, weakling
2. person incapable of bearing arms
3. person of low social class
4. weak-witted person

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• midlachas (“cowardice”)
• midlachda (“timid, cowardly”)
• midlaigecht (“cowardice”)

Descendants

• Irish miodhlach

References

• “midlach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.