admháil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish atmáil (“(act of) acknowledging”), a late verbal noun of Old Irish ad·daim (“to acknowledge”).[2] By surface analysis, admhaigh + -áil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːlʲtʲ/, [ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːi̯lʲtʲ][3] (corresponding to the form admháilt)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈædʲvʲæl̠ʲtʲ/[4] (as if spelled aidmheáilt)
Noun edit
admháil f (genitive singular admhála, nominative plural admhálacha)
- verbal noun of admhaigh (“acknowledge”)
- acknowledgement, admission
- conformity
- receipt
Declension edit
Declension of admháil
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- admháil creidimh f (“profession of faith”)
- admhálach (“admitting”, adjective)
- admhálaí m (“one who admits; confessor”)
- foirm admhála f (“receipt-form”)
- gan admháil (“unacknowledged, unavowed”)
- stampa admhála m (“receipt stamp”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| admháil | n-admháil | hadmháil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ “admháil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “atmáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “admháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “admháil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “admháil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.