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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)
- verbal noun of adhair (“adore, worship; adhere to, follow”)
- (religion) worship, adoration
- adherence (+ de, do (“to”))
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
adhradh
- inflection of adhair:
- past indicative autonomous
- past habitual analytic dependent
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| adhradh
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n-adhradh
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hadhradh
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t-adhradh
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 adrad (‘adherence’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhradh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhradh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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)
- (religion) adoration, worship
- 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
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhradh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language