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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ád.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
- ádhúil (“lucky, fortunate”, adjective)
- mí-ádh m (“ill luck, bad luck, misfortune”)
- ámharach (“lucky, fortunate”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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ádh
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n-ádh
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hádh
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t-ádh
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ 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
- 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