mullach

From Old Irish mullach.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠəˈl̪ˠɑx/^[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌl̪ˠa(x)/

mullach m (genitive singular mullaigh, nominative plural mullaí)

1. top
2. crown (topmost part of the head)

   Synonym: baithis

3. (geology) eminence (elevated land area or hill)
4. ridge (highest point on a roof)
5. summit (top of a mountain)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mullach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mullaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 502
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mullach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mullach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mullach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

DIL assumes this to be mul (“lump, heap”) +‎ -ach, but the lack of lenition on the l is unexplainable if this route is taken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul͈əx/

mullach m

1. top
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 58^c4

     di mulluch int slebe

     from the top of the mountain

   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 72, pages 115-179:

     Iarsin trosc[ud] tanaise ro·tuit in tenid co rro·loisc hé o mulluch co talmin.

     After [Máel Ruain's] second fasting, fire came down [on the king] and burnt [the king] from head to toe.

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mullach	mullachL	mullaigL
Vocative	mullaig	mullachL	mullachuH
Accusative	mullachN	mullachL	mullachuH
Genitive	mullaigL	mullach	mullachN
Dative	mulluchL	mullachaib	mullachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: mullach
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mullach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish mullach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul̪ˠəx/

mullach m (genitive singular mullaich, plural mullaichean)

1. top
2. crest, ridge, summit, peak
3. roof
4. ceiling
5. lid
6. crown
7. upland, height

• ceann
• (lid): faircill

• seòmar-mullaich
• uinneag mullaich