millteach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish milltech (“baneful, destructive, malignant”); synchronically, millte + -ach.
Noun
millteach m (genitive singular milltigh, nominative plural milltigh)
- destroyer; malignant person
- Alternative form of millteán (“stricken creature; sickly, miserable-looking person or animal”)
Declension
Declension of millteach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
millteach (genitive singular masculine milltigh, genitive singular feminine milltí, plural millteacha, comparative milltí)
- destructive; baneful, pernicious
- enormous, extreme
Declension
Declension of millteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | millteach | mhillteach | millteacha; mhillteacha² | |
Vocative | mhilltigh | millteacha | ||
Genitive | milltí | millteacha | millteach | |
Dative | millteach; mhillteach¹ | mhillteach; mhilltigh (archaic) | millteacha; mhillteacha² | |
Comparative | níos milltí | |||
Superlative | is milltí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- millteachas m (“destructiveness, destruction”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
millteach | mhillteach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “millteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “milltech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish milltech (“baneful, destructive, malignant”).
Adjective
millteach (comparative milltiche)
- ruinous, destructive
- prodigal
- abusive
- grassy
- verdant
- wasting
- baneful
- deadly
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “millteach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “milltech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language