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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

wood (substance); timber
material, substance
(golf) wood
(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

Terms derived from adhmad

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
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

"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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