maidhm
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid. The verb is denominal from the verbal noun, while the rare synonym maígh comes directly from the Old Irish verb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maidhm f or m (genitive singular maidhme or madhma, nominative plural maidhmeanna or madhmanna)
- break, burst, eruption
- defeat, rout (act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent)
- loud report, explosion
- detonation
- breaker (wave)
- Synonym: maidhm thoinne
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
- Alternative form of mám
Declension edit
Declension of maidhm
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of maidhm
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
- maidhm rabharta (“surging tide, bore”)
- maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
- maidhm shléibhe (“avalanche”)
- maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
- maidhm thalún (“landslide”)
- maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)
- maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
- maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)
Verb edit
maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of maidhm (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maidhm | mhaidhm | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maidhm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maiḋm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 457
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “maidhm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “maidhm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.