maidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid. The verb is denominal from the verbal noun, while the rare synonym maígh comes directly from the Old Irish verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠəimʲ/

Noun

maidhm f or m (genitive singular maidhme or madhma, nominative plural maidhmeanna or madhmanna)

break, burst, eruption
defeat, rout (act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent)
loud report, explosion
detonation
breaker (wave)
Synonym: maidhm thoinne
(nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
alternative form of mám

Declension

Declension of maidhm (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	maidhm	maidhmeanna
vocative	a mhaidhm	a mhaidhmeanna
genitive	maidhme	maidhmeanna
dative	maidhm	maidhmeanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an mhaidhm	na maidhmeanna
genitive	na maidhme	na maidhmeanna
dative	leis an maidhm don mhaidhm	leis na maidhmeanna

Alternative declension

Declension of maidhm (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	maidhm	madhmanna
vocative	a mhaidhm	a mhadhmanna
genitive	madhma	madhmanna
dative	maidhm	madhmanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an mhaidhm	na madhmanna
genitive	na madhma	na madhmanna
dative	leis an maidhm don mhaidhm	leis na madhmanna

Derived terms

maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
maidhm rabharta (“surging tide, bore”)
maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
maidhm shléibhe (“avalanche”)
maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
maidhm thalún (“landslide”)
maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)
maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)

Verb

maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (ambitransitive)

Conjugation

conjugation of maidhm (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	madhmadh
past participle	madhmtha
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	madhmaim	madhmann tú; madhmair^†	madhmann sé, sí	madhmaimid	madhmann sibh	madhmann siad; madhmaid^†	a mhadhmann; a mhadhmas / a madhmann*	madhmtar
past	mhadhim mé; mhadhmas	mhadhim tú; mhadhmais	mhadhim sé, sí	mhadhmamar; mhadhim muid	mhadhim sibh; mhadhmabhair	mhadhim siad; mhadhmadar	a mhadhim / ar mhadhim*	madhmadh
past habitual	mhadhmainn / madhmainn‡‡	mhadhmtá / madhmtá‡‡	mhadhmadh sé, sí / madhmadh sé, sí‡‡	mhadhmaimis; mhadhmadh muid / madhmaimis‡‡; madhmadh muid‡‡	mhadhmadh sibh / madhmadh sibh‡‡	mhadhmaidís; mhadhmadh siad / madhmaidís‡‡; madhmadh siad‡‡	a mhadhmadh / a madhmadh*	mhadhmtaí / madhmtaí‡‡
future	madhmfaidh mé; madhmfad	madhmfaidh tú; madhmfair^†	madhmfaidh sé, sí	madhmfaimid; madhmfaidh muid	madhmfaidh sibh	madhmfaidh siad; madhmfaid^†	a mhadhmfaidh; a mhadhmfas / a madhmfaidh*	madhmfar
conditional	mhadhmfainn / madhmfainn‡‡	mhadhmfá / madhmfá‡‡	mhadhmfadh sé, sí / madhmfadh sé, sí‡‡	mhadhmfaimis; mhadhmfadh muid / madhmfaimis‡‡; madhmfadh muid‡‡	mhadhmfadh sibh / madhmfadh sibh‡‡	mhadhmfaidís; mhadhmfadh siad / madhmfaidís‡‡; madhmfadh siad‡‡	a mhadhmfadh / a madhmfadh*	mhadhmfaí / madhmfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go madhma mé; go madhmad^†	go madhma tú; go madhmair^†	go madhma sé, sí	go madhmaimid; go madhma muid	go madhma sibh	go madhma siad; go madhmaid^†	—	go madhmtar
past	dá madhmainn	dá madhmtá	dá madhmadh sé, sí	dá madhmaimis; dá madhmadh muid	dá madhmadh sibh	dá madhmaidís; dá madhmadh siad	—	dá madhmtaí
imperative
–	madhmaim	madhim	madhmadh sé, sí	madhmaimis	madhmaigí; madhmaidh^†	madhmaidís	—	madhmtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

maidh, maidhmigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of *maidhm*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
maidhm	mhaidhm	not applicable

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