adhmhol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admolaid (“extols, praises highly, eulogises”), from ad- + molaid (“to praise, extol”). By surface analysis, adh- +‎ mol).

Verb

adhmhol (present analytic adhmholann, future analytic adhmholfaidh, verbal noun adhmholadh, past participle adhmholta)

1. (transitive) extol, eulogize

Conjugation

conjugation of adhmhol (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	adhmholaim	adhmholann tú; adhmholair†	adhmholann sé, sí	adhmholaimid	adhmholann sibh	adhmholann siad; adhmholaid†	a adhmholann; a adhmholas / a n-adhmholann*	adhmholtar
	past	d'adhmhol mé; d'adhmholas / adhmhol mé‡; adhmholas‡	d'adhmhol tú; d'adhmholais / adhmhol tú; adhmholais‡	d'adhmhol sé, sí / adhmhol sé, sí‡	d'adhmholamar; d'adhmhol muid / adhmholamar; adhmhol muid‡	d'adhmhol sibh; d'adhmholabhair / adhmhol sibh; adhmholabhair‡	d'adhmhol siad; d'adhmholadar / adhmhol siad; adhmholadar‡	a d'adhmhol / ar adhmhol*	adhmholadh; hadhmholadh†
	past habitual	d'adhmholainn / adhmholainn‡; n-adhmholainn‡‡	d'adhmholtá / adhmholtá‡; n-adhmholtᇇ	d'adhmholadh sé, sí / adhmholadh sé, sí‡; n-adhmholadh sé, s퇇	d'adhmholaimis; d'adhmholadh muid / adhmholaimis; adhmholadh muid‡; n-adhmholaimis‡‡; n-adhmholadh muid‡‡	d'adhmholadh sibh / adhmholadh sibh‡; n-adhmholadh sibh‡‡	d'adhmholaidís; d'adhmholadh siad / adhmholaidís; adhmholadh siad‡; n-adhmholaidís‡‡; n-adhmholadh siad‡‡	a d'adhmholadh / a n-adhmholadh*	d'adhmholtaí / adhmholtaí‡; n-adhmholta퇇
future		adhmholfaidh mé; adhmholfad	adhmholfaidh tú; adhmholfair†	adhmholfaidh sé, sí	adhmholfaimid; adhmholfaidh muid	adhmholfaidh sibh	adhmholfaidh siad; adhmholfaid†	a adhmholfaidh; a adhmholfas / a n-adhmholfaidh*	adhmholfar
conditional		d'adhmholfainn / adhmholfainn‡; n-adhmholfainn‡‡	d'adhmholfá / adhmholfá‡; n-adhmholfᇇ	d'adhmholfadh sé, sí / adhmholfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhmholfadh sé, s퇇	d'adhmholfaimis; d'adhmholfadh muid / adhmholfaimis‡; adhmholfadh muid‡; n-adhmholfaimis‡‡; n-adhmholfadh muid‡‡	d'adhmholfadh sibh / adhmholfadh sibh‡; n-adhmholfadh sibh‡‡	d'adhmholfaidís; d'adhmholfadh siad / adhmholfaidís‡; adhmholfadh siad‡; n-adhmholfaidís‡‡; n-adhmholfadh siad‡‡	a d'adhmholfadh / a n-adhmholfadh*	d'adhmholfaí / adhmholfaí‡; n-adhmholfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-adhmhola mé; go n-adhmholad†	go n-adhmhola tú; go n-adhmholair†	go n-adhmhola sé, sí	go n-adhmholaimid; go n-adhmhola muid	go n-adhmhola sibh	go n-adhmhola siad; go n-adhmholaid†	—	go n-adhmholtar
	past	dá n-adhmholainn	dá n-adhmholtá	dá n-adhmholadh sé, sí	dá n-adhmholaimis; dá n-adhmholadh muid	dá n-adhmholadh sibh	dá n-adhmholaidís; dá n-adhmholadh siad	—	dá n-adhmholtaí
imperative		adhmholaim	adhmhol	adhmholadh sé, sí	adhmholaimis	adhmholaigí; adhmholaidh†	adhmholaidís	—	adhmholtar
verbal noun		adhmholadh
past participle		adhmholta

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

Derived terms

• adhmholtach (“eulogistic”, adjective)
• adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmhol

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmhol	n-adhmhol	hadhmhol	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmhol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “admolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language