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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish atmáil (“(act of) acknowledging”), a late verbal noun of Old Irish ad·daim (“to acknowledge”). By surface analysis, admhaigh + -áil.
Pronunciation
Noun
admháil f (genitive singular admhála, nominative plural admhálacha)
- verbal noun of admhaigh (“acknowledge”)
- acknowledgement, admission
- conformity
- receipt
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| admháil
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n-admháil
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hadmháil
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not applicable
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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
- ^ “admháil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “atmáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33
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