adhmad

== Irish == === Alternative forms === ádhmad === Etymology === From Old Irish admat (“invention, device, material, timber”), from Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Manx ymmyd. O’Rahilly suggests the etymology *ad-mazdo- and cognate maide (“wood, stick”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈəimˠəd̪ˠ/, /ˈaimˠəd̪ˠ/ (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmˠəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ádhmad) (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ádhmad) === Noun === adhmad m (genitive singular adhmaid, nominative plural adhmaid or adhmadaí) wood (substance); timber material, substance (golf) wood (literary) device, contrivance; composition, poem ==== Declension ==== Variant plural: adhmadaí ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhmad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aḋmad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “adhmad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “adhmad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026