promhadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish promad (“making trial of, testing, proving; proof, testimony”), verbal noun of promaid (“puts to the test, tries, proves”, verb).

Noun

promhadh m (genitive singular as substantive promhaidh, genitive as verbal noun profa)

1. verbal noun of promh
2. test, vetting, roadtest
3. (law enforcement) probation

Derived terms

• barra profa (“test-bar”)
• binse profa (“test-bench”)
• oifigeach promhaidh (“probation officer”)
• píolóta profa (“test-pilot”)
• promhadh an aigéid (“the acid test”)
• promhadh ar bhinse (“bench-test”)
• promhadh cnapbhóráis (“borax-bead test”)
• promhadh súl (“eye-testing”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

promhadh

1. inflection of promh:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
promhadh	phromhadh	bpromhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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