- molach
- hairy, rough, Irish mothlach, rough, bushy (O'R.), muthalach, shaggy (Fol.). If the Irish form is right, it cannot be allied to Indo-European ml$$.o-s, wool, Greek $$Gmallós, wool, tuft, Lithuanian millas, woolen stuff.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.