adhmad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyeti (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Manx aamaid. T.F. O' Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide "wood, stick".[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈəimˠəd̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈæːmˠəd̪ˠ/

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
  • adhmadach (“woody”, adjective)
  • adhmad bog m, bogadhmad m (“softwood”)
  • adhmad burra m, burra-adhmad m (“burr wood”)
  • adhmad eocalaipe m (“eucalyptus (wood)”)
  • adhmad gallchnó m (“walnut (wood)”)
  • adhmad giúise m (“fir (wood)”)
  • adhmad lom m (“undressed timber”)
  • adhmadóir m (“woodworker”)
  • adhmadóireacht f (“woodworking”)
  • adhmad raice m (“driftwood”)
  • adhmad silín m (“cherrywood”)
  • adhmad tine m (“firewood”)
  • adhmadúil (“ligneous”, adjective)
  • croí-adhmad m (“heartwood”)
  • crua-adhmad m (“hardwood”)
  • gar-adhmaid m pl (“gunwale]]”)
  • sú-adhmad m (“sapwood”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

References
  1. O' Rahilly, T.F., 1946, Celtica 1, p338

Further reading
  • "adhmad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “admat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aḋmad” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “adhmad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “adhmad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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