adhmad
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Manx aamaid. O’Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide (“wood, stick”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑimˠəd̪ˠ/[3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠ/[4]
Noun edit
adhmad m (genitive singular adhmaid, nominative plural adhmaid or adhmadaí)
- wood (substance); timber
- material, substance
- (golf) wood
- (literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem
Declension edit
Declension of adhmad
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Variant plural: adhmadaí
Derived terms edit
- adhmad bog (“softwood”)
- adhmad burra (“burr wood”)
- adhmad lom (“undressed timber”)
- adhmad raice (“driftwood”)
- adhmad silín (“cherrywood”)
- adhmad tine (“firewood”)
- adhmadach (“woody”)
- adhmadóir (“woodworker”)
- adhmadóireacht (“woodworking”)
- adhmadúil (“ligneous”)
- bogadhmad (“softwood”)
- burra-adhmad (“burr wood”)
- ceardaíocht adhmaid
- croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
- crua-adhmad (“hardwood”)
- gar-adhmaid (“gunwale”)
- sú-adhmad (“sapwood”)
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “admat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ O’Rahilly, T. F. (1946) “Varia II: The prefix ad-”, in Celtica, volume 1, page 338
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 17, page 11
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 17, page 9
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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.