midlach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

midlaech

Adjective

midlach (comparative midlachu)

cowardly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

midlach f, m (genitive midlaig or midlaige)

coward, weakling
person incapable of bearing arms
person of low social class
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.

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