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): /ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːlʲtʲ/, [ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːi̯lʲtʲ][3] (corresponding to the form admháilt)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈædʲvʲæl̠ʲtʲ/[4] (as if spelled aidmheáilt)

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative admháil admhálacha
Vocative a admháil a admhálacha
Genitive admhála admhálacha
Dative admháil admhálacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
admháil n-admháil hadmháil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “admháil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “atmáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33

Further reading
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