adhradh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adrad (act of adoring, worshipping; adoration), verbal noun of ad·ora (to adore, worship), from Latin adōrō.

Noun

adhradh m (genitive singular adhartha)

  1. verbal noun of adhair (adore, worship; adhere to, follow)
  2. (religion) worship, adoration
  3. adherence (+ de, do (to))

Declension

Declension of adhradh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative adhradh
vocative a adhradh
genitive adhartha
dative adhradh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-adhradh
genitive an adhartha
dative leis an adhradh
don adhradh

Derived terms

Verb

adhradh

  1. inflection of adhair:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past habitual analytic dependent
    3. past subjunctive analytic
    4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhradh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhradh n-adhradh hadhradh t-adhradh

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

Etymology

From Old Irish adrad (act of adoring, worshipping; adoration), verbal noun of ad·or (to adore, worship), from Latin adōrō.

Noun

adhradh m (genitive singular adhraidh, plural adhraidhean)

  1. (religion) adoration, worship
  2. Alternative form of aoradh

Usage notes

  • Can be used as a verbal noun (the preposition used is do):
    Bha na pàganaich ag adhradh dhan ìomhaigh seo.Pagans worshipped this image.

Derived terms

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