adhmad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admat (invention, device, material, timber), from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (think, remember), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think). Cognate with Manx aamaid. T. F. O’Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide (wood, stick).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈəimˠəd̪ˠ/, [ˈɑimˠəd̪ˠ][2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

adhmad m (genitive singular adhmaid, nominative plural adhmaid or adhmadaí)

  1. wood (substance); timber
  2. material, substance
  3. (golf) wood
  4. (literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem

Declension

  • Variant plural: adhmadaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhmad n-adhmad hadhmad t-adhmad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. O'Rahilly, T.F., 1946, Celtica 1, p338
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Further reading

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