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MAL 389 MAO
putrid; ajit to rot; causing rottenness or
putret'ar.tion.
MALCACHD, s. f. ind. (Malcach,) See
Malcaidheachd.
M ALCADH, -AiDH, s. m. and pres. part. v.
Male. Rottenness, putrefaction ; state of
becoming putrid ; act of causing to rot.
MALCAIDH, -E, adj. (Male,) Rotten, pu-
trid, stinking,
MALCAIDHEACHD, s. f. ind. (Malcaidh,)
Rottenness, putrescence.
MALCTA, pret. part. v. Male. Rotten,
become rotten or putrid.
MÀLDA, adj. Mild, calm, gentle, mo-
dest.
MÀLDACHD, s. f. ind. (Màlda,) Mildness,
gentleness, modesty.
MÀLDAG, -AiG, -AK, s. /. (Màlda,) A
mild, gentle, modest female.
MALL, -AiLLE, adj. Slow, moving slowly;
slow, lazy; slow, not forward; calm, pla-
cid.
MALLACHADH, -AIDH, s. m. and pres.
part. V. Mallaich. Cursing, act of cursing,
swearing; a curse, impi-ecation.
MALLACHD, -as, s./. A curse; an oath,
an imprecation.
MALLAICH, -iDH, 3IH-, V. a. and n.
Curse, swear, use imprecations.
MALLAICHTE, pret. part. v. MaUaich.
Cursed, accursed.
MALL-BHEURLACH, Ì -AicHE,arf;.
MALL-BHRIATHRACH, S (Mall and
JBeurla or Briathrach,) Hesitating, or slow
of speech.
MALL-CHEUMACH, -aiche, adj. (Mall
and Ceum.) Slow, that walks slowly.
MALL-SMUAINTEADH, -eidh, -ean,
s. VI. (Mall and Smuainteadh,) A deep
musing or study.
MALL-THRIALLACH, -aiche, adj.
(Mall and Triall,) Slow in travelling, slow,
lazy, loitering.
MALLUCHADH, -aidh, s. m. and pres.
part. V. xMalluich. See Mallachadh.
WALLUICH, -IDH, MH-, V. a. and n. See
MaUaich.
MAL-SHLUAGH, -TJAiGH, s. m. (:Mal, s.
and Sluagh.) A host, an army.
MALUIDH, -E, -EAK, s. f. See Mala.
MAM, -AIM, -AK, s. m. A hill of a par-
ticular form, slowly rising, and not point-
ed ; a large round hill.
MAM, -AIM, -Ay, s. m. A handful, as much
of graiu or any such substance, as can be
taken up by holding the two hands to-
gether.
MÀM; -AIM, -A>', 5. 771. A bile, or ulcerous
swelling of the armpit. ' Mam-sichde,' s
rupture.
M'AN, contr. for Ma, and An, which see.
MANACH, -AiCH, s. m. A monk or friar.
MANACHAIL, -e, adj. (Manach,) Monkish,
recluse, monastic.
MANACHAN, -aik, -ak, *. m. The
Groin.
MANACHAS, -Ais, i. m. (Manach,) State
of a monk, monkish observance.
MANACHD, s. f. ind. (Manach,) The
state of a monk, monkishness.
MANACHUINN,-E,-EAN, 5. /.(Manach,)
A convent, or monastery.
MANADAIREACHD, s. f. ind. (Manadh,)
A foreboding, a predicting, a fore-
telling.
MANADH, -AIDH, -EAV, s. vi. A chance,
luck ; an incantation ; an omen or sign; an
allegation, plea.
MANAS, -Ais, -AX, s. m. The portion of
an estate, cultivated by the proprietor ; a
farm, a large or level farm.
MANDRAG, -aig, -an, *. /. A mandrake.
MANG, -aikg, and -ax, s. f. A fawn ; a
deer of a year old.
MANGACH,.AicHE,af/;. (Mang,) Aboundin
fawns.
MANG AN, -AiK, -AN, s. m. See Mathghamhain.
MANNDA, -^ -AICHE, adj. Lisping,
:MANNDACH, C stammering, or stutter-
MANNTACH, )ing.
MANNTACHD, s.f. ind. (INIanntach,) A
stammering or stuttering.
MANNTAIR, -e, -ean, ^. m. (Manntach
and Fear,) A stammerer, stutterer.
MANTAIREACHD, s.f. ind. (Mantair,)
See Mantachd.
MANNTAN, -aik, s. m. (Mantach,) A
slight degree of stammering in speech
timidity or bashfulness.
MANR ACH, -AiCH, -ean, s.f. See Mainnir.
MÀNRAN, -Aix, -AN, s. m. A tuneful
sound; a huwming of a song, or tune;
blandishment, dalliance, amorous dis-
course ;
a report, murmur or rumour, intelligence,
news,
MÀXRANACH, -aiche, adj. (Mànran,)
That hums, humming, given to humming
of songs or tunes; amorous, toying, skilled
in love language ; melodious, tuneful.
MÀNRANACHD, s.f. ind. (Mànran,) A
habit of humming tunes; blandishment, a
habit of dallying ; melodiousness.
MAODAL, -AIL, -AN, s. f. A stomach,
paunch, maw; ladicrously, a large belly.
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