# adhmad
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* ádhmad

### Etymology

From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Manx aamaid. O’Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide (“wood, stick”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈəimˠəd̪ˠ/
* (Galway) IPA: /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ádhmad)
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ádhmad)

### Noun

adhmad m (genitive singular adhmaid, nominative plural adhmaid or adhmadaí)
* wood (substance); timber
* material, substance
* (golf) wood
* (literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem

#### 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

* adhmad bog (“softwood”)
* adhmad burra (“burr wood”)
* adhmad lom (“undressed timber”)
* adhmad raice (“driftwood”)
* adhmad silín (“cherrywood”)
* adhmad tine (“firewood”)
* adhmadach (“woody”)
* adhmadóir (“woodworker”)
* adhmadóireacht (“woodworking”)
* adhmadúil (“ligneous”)
* bogadhmad (“softwood”)
* burra-adhmad (“burr wood”)
* ceardaíocht adhmaid
* croí-adhmad (“heartwood”)
* crua-adhmad (“hardwood”)
* gar-adhmaid (“gunwale”)
* sú-adhmad (“sapwood”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “adhmad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “admat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ O’Rahilly, T. F. (1946) “Varia II: The prefix ad-”, in Celtica, volume 1, page 338
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 95, page 27; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 17, page 11
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 16
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 296
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 359 (i), page 148
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 17, page 9

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋmad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhmad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “adhmad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025