admháil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish atmáil (“(act of) acknowledging”), a late verbal noun of Old Irish ad·daim (“to acknowledge”).[2] By surface analysis, admhaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): (Kerry) /ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːlʲtʲ/, [ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːi̯lʲtʲ] (corresponding to the form admháilt)[3]; (Cork) /ɑd̪ˠəˈvˠɑːlʲ/[4]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaud̪ˠɑːlʲ/[5], /ˈawd̪ˠaːlʲ/[6]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈædʲvʲælʲ/ (corresponding to the form aidmheáil)[7]; /ˈædʲvʲæl̠ʲtʲ/[8]

Noun

admháil f (genitive singular admhála, nominative plural admhálacha)

  1. verbal noun of admhaigh (“acknowledge”)
  2. acknowledgement, admission
  3. conformity
  4. receipt

Declension

Declension of admháil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative admháil admhálacha
vocative a admháil a admhálacha
genitive admhála admhálacha
dative admháil admhálacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an admháil na hadmhálacha
genitive na hadmhála na n-admhálacha
dative leis an admháil
don admháil 		leis na hadmhálacha

Derived terms

  • admháil creidimh f (“profession of faith”)
  • admhálach (“admitting”, adjective)
  • admhálaí m (“one who admits; confessor”)
  • foirm admhála f (“receipt-form”)
  • gan admháil (“unacknowledged, unavowed”)
  • stampa admhála m (“receipt stamp”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of admháil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
admháil n-admháil hadmháil not applicable

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

References

References
  1. ^ “admháil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “atmáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
  4. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 324, page 106; reprinted 1988
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 636, page 116
  6. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 499, page 137
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 327, page 114
  8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 33

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