-adh
See also: ADH and ádh
Irish
Alternative forms
- -eadh (slender form)
Etymology 1
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ə/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /uː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /u/
Suffix
-adh m (genitive singular -ta)
- Creates the regular verbal noun of first-conjugation verbs.
Usage notes
- May be used as a noun, which then decline as third-declension masculine nouns (which may or may not have a plural):
- mol (“praise”, verb) + -adh → moladh m (“praise”, noun)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-adh' title='Category:Irish words suffixed with -adh'>Irish words suffixed with -adh</a>
See also
- -ú
Etymology 2
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /əɡ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /əvˠ/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /uː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /u/
Suffix
-adh
- Autonomous ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past indicative tense.
See also
- -aíodh (second-conjugation broad form)
- -íodh (second-conjugation slender form)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /əx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /əx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /uː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /u/
Suffix
-adh
- Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past habitual tense
- Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past subjunctive mood
- Third-person singular ending of first-conjugation verbs in the imperative mood
See also
- -ódh (second-conjugation broad form)
- -eodh (second-conjugation slender form)