mì-àdhach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

mì-àdh (“bad fortune, evil luck, misfortune, unlucky event”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

mì-àdhach (genitive singular masculine mì-àdhaich, genitive singular feminine mì-àdhaiche, nominative plural mì-àdhacha, comparative mì-àdhaiche)

  1. unlucky, unfortunate

Synonyms
  • mì-àdhmhorachd f (“unfortunateness”)

References
  • 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
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