adhmaint

Irish

Alternative forms

• adamant, adhamaint, adhamas

Etymology

From Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “I tame”).

Noun

adhmaint f (genitive singular adhmainte, nominative plural adhmaintí)

1. adamant, lodestone; magnet

Declension

Declension of adhmaint

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative adhmaint adhmainta Vocative a adhmaint a adhmainta Genitive adhmainte adhmaint Dative adhmaint adhmainta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an adhmaint na hadhmainta Genitive na hadhmainte na n-adhmaint Dative leis an adhmaint don adhmaint leis na hadhmainta

Derived terms

• adhmainteach (“magnetic”, adjective)
• adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)
• cloch adhmainte f (“lodestone”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “adhmaint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.