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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-adh m (genitive singular -ta)
- Creates the regular verbal noun of first-conjugation verbs.
Usage notes
- May be used as a noun, which then decline as third-declension masculine nouns (which may or may not have a plural):
- mol (“praise”, verb) + -adh → moladh m (“praise”, noun)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-adh
- Autonomous ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past indicative tense.
See also
- -aíodh (second-conjugation broad form)
- -íodh (second-conjugation slender form)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /əx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /əx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /uː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /u/
Suffix
-adh
- Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past habitual tense
- Analytic ending of first-conjugation verbs in the past subjunctive mood
- Third-person singular ending of first-conjugation verbs in the imperative mood
See also
- -ódh (second-conjugation broad form)
- -eodh (second-conjugation slender form)
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-tus.
Pronunciation
- (Hebrides, Lochaber, Kintyre) IPA(key): /əɣ/
- (Ross-shire, West Inverness-shire, Arran) IPA(key): /ək/
- (Mid Argyll) IPA(key): /əv/
- (Sutherland, Tain area) IPA(key): /ʊ/
- (South Lorn, Cowal) IPA(key): /ə/
Suffix
-adh
- Regular verbal noun ending.
Usage notes
- May be used as a noun, which then decline as third-declension masculine nouns (which may or may not have a plural):
- mol (“praise”, verb) + -adh → moladh m (“praise”, noun)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Irish -ad, from the thematic vowel of the various verb stems + Proto-Celtic *-to.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-adh
- Autonomous ending of verbs in the past indicative tense
- Analytic ending of verbs in the conditional tense
- Third-person singular ending of verbs in the imperative mood