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)

wood (substance); timber
material, substance
(golf) wood
(literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem

Declension

Declension of adhmad

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adhmad	adhmaid
Vocative	a adhmaid	a adhmada
Genitive	adhmaid	adhmad
Dative	adhmad	adhmaid

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-adhmad	na hadhmaid
Genitive	an adhmaid	na n-adhmad
Dative	leis an adhmad don adhmad	leis na hadhmaid

Variant plural: adhmadaí

Derived terms

adhmadach
adhmad bog
adhmad burra
adhmad lom
adhmadóir
adhmadóireacht
adhmad raice
adhmad silín
adhmad tine
adhmadúil
bogadhmad
burra-adhmad
ceardaíocht adhmaid
croí-adhmad
crua-adhmad
gar-adhmaid
sú-adhmad

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhmad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “admat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aḋmad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
Entries containing “adhmad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “adhmad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

[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