adhmad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Manx aamaid. O’Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide (“wood, stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈɑimˠəd̪ˠ/
• (Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈəimˠəd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠ/

Noun

adhmad m (genitive singular adhmaid, nominative plural adhmaid or adhmadaí)

1. wood (substance); timber
2. material, substance
3. (golf) wood
4. (literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem

Declension

Declension of adhmad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhmad adhmaid Vocative a adhmaid a adhmada Genitive adhmaid adhmad Dative adhmad adhmaid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhmad na hadhmaid Genitive an adhmaid na n-adhmad Dative leis an adhmad don adhmad leis na hadhmaid

• Variant plural: adhmadaí

Derived terms

• adhmad bog (“softwood”)
• adhmad burra (“burr wood”)
• adhmad lom (“undressed timber”)
• adhmad raice (“driftwood”)
• adhmad silín (“cherrywood”)
• adhmad tine (“firewood”)
• adhmadach (“woody”)
• adhmadóir (“woodworker”)
• adhmadóireacht (“woodworking”)
• adhmadúil (“ligneous”)
• bogadhmad (“softwood”)
• burra-adhmad (“burr wood”)
• ceardaíocht adhmaid
• croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
• crua-adhmad (“hardwood”)
• gar-adhmaid (“gunwale”)
• sú-adhmad (“sapwood”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋmad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhmad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhmad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024