ádh

See also: ADH and -adh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ád.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /æː/

Noun

ádh m (genitive singular áidh)

luck
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 14:
  gə giŕə ȷiə n t-ā ərt.
  conventional orthography: Go gcuire Dia an t-ádh ort.
  May God grant you luck.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 14:
  bə mōr n̥ t-ā (bə wōr n̥ t-ā), n̄ax rau s eǵə tȧdə n-ə himpl̥̄.
  conventional orthography: Ba mór an t-ádh (Ba mhór an t-ádh) nach raibh a fhios aige tada ina thimpeall.
  Fortunately he didn’t know anything about it.

Declension

Declension of ádh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	ádh
Vocative	a áidh
Genitive	áidh
Dative	ádh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-ádh
Genitive	an áidh
Dative	leis an ádh don ádh

Derived terms

ádhúil (“lucky, fortunate”, adjective)
mí-ádh m (“ill luck, bad luck, misfortune”)

Related terms

ámharach (“lucky, fortunate”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"ádh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “ád”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“áḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Entries containing “ádh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “ádh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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