promhadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish promad (“making trial of, testing, proving; proof, testimony”), verbal noun of promaid (“puts to the test, tries, proves”, verb).

Noun

promhadh m (genitive singular as substantive promhaidh, genitive as verbal noun profa)

  1. verbal noun of promh
  2. proof, test
  3. (law enforcement) probation

Derived terms

Verb

promhadh

  1. inflection of promh:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
promhadh phromhadh bpromhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "promhadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “promad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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