admat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad-mentos, from *manyetor (“think, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaðməd/

Noun

admat m

1. invention
2. material, timber
3. poem

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	admat	admatL	admaitL
vocative	admait	admatL	admatuH
accusative	admatN	admatL	admatuH
genitive	admaitL	admat	admatN
dative	admutL	admataib	admataib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (invention): airec, dolbud, tuscurnud
• (poem): aicde, airchetal, creth, dán, drécht, dúan, laíd, nath, rosc

Descendants

• Irish: adhmad (“wood”)
• Manx: aamaid (“wood”)

Mutation

Mutation of admat

radical	lenition	nasalization
admat (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-admat

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