admat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaðməd/

Noun

admat m

1. invention
2. material, timber
3. poem

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	admat	admatL	admaitL
Vocative	admait	admatL	admatuH
Accusative	admatN	admatL	admatuH
Genitive	admaitL	admat	admatN
Dative	admutL	admataib	admataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (invention): airec, dolbud, tuscurnud
• (poem): aicde, airchetal, creth, dán, drécht, dúan, laíd, nath, rosc

Descendants

• Irish: adhmad (“wood”)
• Manx: aamaid (“wood”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
admat (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-admat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.