madadh

• mada

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

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠad̪ˠu/

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, nominative plural madaí)

1. (Cois Fharraige, Ulster) dog

   Synonyms: cú, gadhar, madra

• "mada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “matad”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

• mada

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

madadh m (genitive singular madaidh, plural madaidhean)

1. dog, fox, wolf
2. cock of a gun-lock (the part in which the flint used to be fixed)
3. butt-end of a gun
4. the large mussel, like the bait-mussel and as large as the mùsgan

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

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “matad”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299