adha

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ada, adae (“due, fitting, suitable”), from Proto-Celtic *adastos (“fitting, suitable”).

Adjective

adha

  1. (literary) fitting, proper

Mutation

Mutated forms of adha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adha n-adha hadha not applicable

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish áe, from Old Irish óa (“liver”), from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.

Pronunciation

Noun

adha m (genitive singular adha, plural àinean) (Lewis, Sutherland, Ross-shire)

  1. liver
    Synonym: grùthan

Mutation

Mutation of adha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adha n-adha h-adha t-adha

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2004) Rannsachadh air Fòn-eòlas Dualchainnt Ghàidhlig Gheàrrloch, Siorrachd Rois (Thesis)‎, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 12-13

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذًى (ʔaḏan).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

adha class IX (plural adha class X)

  1. trouble
  2. discomfort
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