adha

See also: Adha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ada, adae (“due, fitting, suitable”).

Adjective

adha

1. (literary) fitting, proper

Mutation

Mutated forms of adha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adha	n-adha	hadha	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ada(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• àdha

Etymology

From Middle Irish áe, from Old Irish óa (“liver”), from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈa.a/, [ˈa˧˥.ɑ˥˩]

Noun

adha m (genitive singular adha, plural àinean) (Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire)

1. liver

   Synonym: grùthan

Mutation

Mutation of adha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adha	n-adha	h-adha	t-adha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 12-13

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذًى (ʔaḏan).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

adha class IX (plural adha class X)

1. trouble
2. discomfort