-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)

2. 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

Irish terms suffixed with -adh

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

2. 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

2. Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past habitual tense
4. Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past subjunctive mood
6. Third-person singular ending of first-conjugation verbs in the imperative mood

See also

• -ódh (second-conjugation broad form)
• -eodh (second-conjugation slender form)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• -eadh (slender form)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus.

Pronunciation

• (Hebrides, Lochaber, Kintyre) IPA^(key): /əɣ/
• (Ross-shire, West Inverness-shire, Arran) IPA^(key): /ək/
• (Mid Argyll) IPA^(key): /əv/
• (Sutherland, Tain area) IPA^(key): /ʊ/
• (South Lorn, Cowal) IPA^(key): /ə/

Suffix

-adh

2. Regular verbal noun ending.

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

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -adh

See also

• -aigeadh
• -ail
• -amh
• -ainn

Etymology 2

From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɣ/

Suffix

-adh

2. Autonomous ending of verbs in the past indicative tense
4. Analytic ending of verbs in the conditional tense
6. Third-person singular ending of verbs in the imperative mood