adhradh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adrad (“act of adoring, worshipping; adoration”), verbal noun of ad·ora (“to adore, worship”), from Latin adōrō.

Noun

adhradh m (genitive singular adhartha)

1. verbal noun of adhair (“adore, worship; adhere to, follow”)
2. (religion) worship, adoration
3. adherence (+ de, do (“to”))

Declension

Declension of adhradh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative adhradh Vocative a adhradh Genitive adhartha Dative adhradh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-adhradh Genitive an adhartha Dative leis an adhradh don adhradh

Derived terms

• íoladhradh (“idolatry”)

Verb

adhradh

1. inflection of adhair:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past habitual analytic dependent
   3. past subjunctive analytic
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 adrad (‘adherence’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhradh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhradh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adrad (“act of adoring, worshipping; adoration”), verbal noun of ad·or (“to adore, worship”), from Latin adōrō.

Noun

adhradh m (genitive singular adhraidh, plural adhraidhean)

1. (religion) adoration, worship
2. Alternative form of aoradh

Usage notes

• Can be used as a verbal noun (the preposition used is do):

  Bha na pàganaich ag adhradh dhan ìomhaigh seo. ― Pagans worshipped this image.

Derived terms

• dèan adhradh

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhradh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language