maidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠəimʲ/

Noun

maidhm f, m (genitive singular maidhme or madhma, nominative plural maidhmeanna or madhmanna)

break, burst, eruption
defeat, rout (act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent)
1. loud report, explosion
2. detonation
breaker (wave)
Synonym: maidhm thoinne
(nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
Alternative form of mám

Declension

Declension of maidhm

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maidhm	maidhmeanna
Vocative	a mhaidhm	a mhaidhmeanna
Genitive	maidhme	maidhmeanna
Dative	maidhm	maidhmeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mhaidhm	na maidhmeanna
Genitive	na maidhme	na maidhmeanna
Dative	leis an maidhm don mhaidhm	leis na maidhmeanna

Alternative declension

Declension of maidhm

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maidhm	madhmanna
Vocative	a mhaidhm	a mhadhmanna
Genitive	madhma	madhmanna
Dative	maidhm	madhmanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mhaidhm	na madhmanna
Genitive	na madhma	na madhmanna
Dative	leis an maidhm don mhaidhm	leis na madhmanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from maidhm

maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
maidhm chroí (“heartbreak”)
maidhm rabharta, maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)

maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
maidhm shléibhe, maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
maidhm thalún (“landslide”)

maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)

Verb

maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (transitive, intransitive)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	madhmaim	madhmann tú; madhmair^†	madhmann sé, sí	madhmaimid	madhmann sibh	madhmann siad; madhmaid^†	a mhadhmann; a mhadhmas / a madhmann; a madhmas	madhmtar
	past	mhadhim mé; mhadhmas	mhadhim tú; mhadhmais	mhadhim sé, sí	mhadhmamar; mhadhim muid	mhadhim sibh; mhadhmabhair	mhadhim siad; mhadhmadar	a mhadhim / ar mhadhim*	madhmadh
	past habitual	mhadhmainn	mhadhmtá	mhadhmadh sé, sí	mhadhmaimis; mhadhmadh muid	mhadhmadh sibh	mhadhmaidís; mhadhmadh siad	a mhadhmadh / ar mhadhmadh*	mhadhmtaí
	future	madhmfaidh mé; madhmfad	madhmfaidh tú; madhmfair^†	madhmfaidh sé, sí	madhmfaimid; madhmfaidh muid	madhmfaidh sibh	madhmfaidh siad; madhmfaid^†	a mhadhmfaidh; a mhadhmfas / a madhmfaidh; a madhmfas	madhmfar
conditional		mhadhmfainn	mhadhmfá	mhadhmfadh sé, sí	mhadhmfaimis; mhadhmfadh muid	mhadhmfadh sibh	mhadhmfaidís; mhadhmfadh siad	a mhadhmfadh / ar mhadhmfadh*	mhadhmfaí
subjunctive	present	go madhma mé; go madhmad^†	go madhma tú; go madhmair^†	go madhma sé, sí	go madhmaimid; go madhma muid	go madhma sibh	go madhma siad; go madhmaid^†	—	go madhmtar
subjunctive	past	dá madhmainn	dá madhmtá	dá madhmadh sé, sí	dá madhmaimis; dá madhmadh muid	dá madhmadh sibh	dá madhmaidís; dá madhmadh siad	—	dá madhmtaí
imperative		madhmaim	madhim	madhmadh sé, sí	madhmaimis	madhmaigí; madhmaidh^†	madhmaidís	—	madhmtar
verbal noun		madhmadh
past participle		madhmtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Alternative forms

maidh, maidhmigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maidhm	mhaidhm	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.