adhlacadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhnacadh (verb forms and noun)
• adhlacan (noun only)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌlˠku/

Noun

adhlacadh m (genitive singular adhlactha, nominative plural adhlacthaí)

1. verbal noun of adhlaic (“bury”)
2. burial
3. sepulchre; old burial ground

Declension

Declension of adhlacadh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhlacadh adhlacthaí vocative a adhlacadh a adhlacthaí genitive adhlactha adhlacthaí dative adhlacadh adhlacthaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhlacadh na hadhlacthaí genitive an adhlactha na n-adhlacthaí dative leis an adhlacadh don adhlacadh leis na hadhlacthaí

Related terms

• dí-adhlacadh (“disinterment, exhumation”)

Verb

adhlacadh

1. inflection of adhlaic (“bury”):
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past habitual dependent analytic
   3. past subjunctive analytic
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhlacadh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhlacadh	n-adhlacadh	hadhlacadh	t-adhlacadh

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) “adhlacadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “adhlacadh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
• “adhlacadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhlacadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adhlacadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024