ádh
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish ád.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ádh m (genitive singular áidh)
- luck
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 14:
- gə giŕə ȷiə n t-ā ərt.
- [Go gcuire Dia an t-ádh ort.]
- May God grant you luck.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 14:
- bə mōr n̥ t-ā (bə wōr n̥ t-ā), n̄ax rau s eǵə tȧdə n-ə himpl̥̄.
- [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.
- (literally, “’Twas great the luck that…”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ádh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- ámharach (“lucky, fortunate”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ádh | n-ádh | hádh | t-ádh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ádh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 4
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ádh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ádh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024