molad

molad

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹלָד (birth).

    Noun

    molad

    1. On the Hebrew Calendar, the time at which a new month begins.
      • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 243:
        Prior to Mi She'asah Nisim it is customary, in the Ashkenazic rite, to announce the molad ("birth"), that is, the precise time at which the New Moon will become visible in Jerusalem.

    Anagrams

    Irish

    Pronunciation

    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔl̪ˠəd̪ˠ/

    Verb

    molad

    1. inflection of mol:
      1. (Munster, literary) first-person singular present subjunctive
      2. (obsolete) third-person plural present indicative dependent

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of molad
    radical lenition eclipsis
    molad mholad not applicable

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Old Irish

    Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *molātus. See also Middle Welsh molawdd and Gaulish molatus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ləð/
      • (Blasse) [ˈmo.lað]
      • (Griffith) [ˈmo.ləð]

    Noun

    molad m (genitive molto)

    1. verbal noun of molaidir
    2. praise
      • 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. 67b24
        Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
        The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.
      • 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. 126b16
        Im·folṅgi inducbáil dó in molad ro·mmolastar Día.
        The praise (with) which he has praised God causes glory to him.

    Inflection

    Masculine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative molad moladL moltaiH
    vocative molad moladL moltu
    accusative moladN moladL moltu
    genitive moltoH, moltaH moltoL, moltaL moltaeN
    dative moladL moltaib moltaib
    Initial mutations of a following adjective:
    • H = triggers aspiration
    • L = triggers lenition
    • N = triggers nasalization

    Descendants

    • Irish: moladh
    • Scottish Gaelic: moladh

    Mutation

    Mutation of molad
    radical lenition nasalization
    molad
    also mmolad in h-prothesis environments
    molad
    pronounced with /β̃-/
    molad
    also mmolad

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Spanish

    Verb

    molad

    1. second-person plural imperative of molar