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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish promad (“making trial of, testing, proving; proof, testimony”), verbal noun of promaid (“puts to the test, tries, proves”, verb).
Noun
promhadh m (genitive singular as substantive promhaidh, genitive as verbal noun profa)
- verbal noun of promh
- test, vetting, roadtest
- (law enforcement) probation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
promhadh
- inflection of promh:
- past indicative autonomous
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “promhadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “promad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “promhadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “promhadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024