adhmhol

adhmhol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admolaid (“extols, praises highly, eulogises”), from ad- + molaid (“praises, extols”) (compare modern mol).

Verb

adhmhol (present analytic adhmholann, future analytic adhmholfaidh, verbal noun adhmholadh, past participle adhmholta)

1. (transitive) extol, eulogize

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	adhmholaim	adhmholann tú; adhmholair†	adhmholann sé, sí	adhmholaimid	adhmholann sibh	adhmholann siad; adhmholaid†	a adhmholann; a adhmholas / a n-adhmholann*; a n-adhmholas*	adhmholtar
	past	d'adhmhol mé; d'adhmholas / adhmhol mé‡; adhmholas‡	d'adhmhol tú; d'adhmholais / adhmhol tú; adhmholais‡	d'adhmhol sé, sí / adhmhol sé, sí‡	d'adhmholamar; d'adhmhol muid / adhmholamar; adhmhol muid‡	d'adhmhol sibh; d'adhmholabhair / adhmhol sibh; adhmholabhair‡	d'adhmhol siad; d'adhmholadar / adhmhol siad; adhmholadar‡	a d'adhmhol / ar adhmhol*	adhmholadh; hadhmholadh†
	past habitual	d'adhmholainn / adhmholainn‡	d'adhmholtá / adhmholtá‡	d'adhmholadh sé, sí / adhmholadh sé, sí‡	d'adhmholaimis; d'adhmholadh muid / adhmholaimis; adhmholadh muid‡	d'adhmholadh sibh / adhmholadh sibh‡	d'adhmholaidís; d'adhmholadh siad / adhmholaidís; adhmholadh siad‡	a d'adhmholadh / ar adhmholadh*	d'adhmholtaí / adhmholtaí‡
	future	adhmholfaidh mé; adhmholfad	adhmholfaidh tú; adhmholfair†	adhmholfaidh sé, sí	adhmholfaimid; adhmholfaidh muid	adhmholfaidh sibh	adhmholfaidh siad; adhmholfaid†	a adhmholfaidh; a adhmholfas / a n-adhmholfaidh*; a n-adhmholfas*	adhmholfar
conditional		d'adhmholfainn / adhmholfainn‡; n-adhmholfainn‡‡	d'adhmholfá / adhmholfá‡; n-adhmholfᇇ	d'adhmholfadh sé, sí / adhmholfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhmholfadh sé, s퇇	d'adhmholfaimis; d'adhmholfadh muid / adhmholfaimis‡; adhmholfadh muid‡; n-adhmholfaimis‡‡; n-adhmholfadh muid‡‡	d'adhmholfadh sibh / adhmholfadh sibh‡; n-adhmholfadh sibh‡‡	d'adhmholfaidís; d'adhmholfadh siad / adhmholfaidís‡; adhmholfadh siad‡; n-adhmholfaidís‡‡; n-adhmholfadh siad‡‡	a d'adhmholfadh / ar adhmholfadh*	d'adhmholfaí / adhmholfaí‡; n-adhmholfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-adhmhola mé; go n-adhmholad†	go n-adhmhola tú; go n-adhmholair†	go n-adhmhola sé, sí	go n-adhmholaimid; go n-adhmhola muid	go n-adhmhola sibh	go n-adhmhola siad; go n-adhmholaid†	—	go n-adhmholtar
	past	dá n-adhmholainn	dá n-adhmholtá	dá n-adhmholadh sé, sí	dá n-adhmholaimis; dá n-adhmholadh muid	dá n-adhmholadh sibh	dá n-adhmholaidís; dá n-adhmholadh siad	—	dá n-adhmholtaí
imperative		adhmholaim	adhmhol	adhmholadh sé, sí	adhmholaimis	adhmholaigí; adhmholaidh†	adhmholaidís	—	adhmholtar
verbal noun		adhmholadh
past participle		adhmholta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

• adhmholtach (“eulogistic”, adjective)
• adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmhol	n-adhmhol	hadhmhol	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "adhmhol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “admolaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.