admháil

Irish

Alternative forms

• admhachtáil, admháilt, aidmheáil, aimhdeachtáil, aimhdeáil, amhdachtáil

Etymology

From Middle Irish atmáil (“(act of) acknowledging”), a late verbal noun of Old Irish ad·daim (“to acknowledge”). By surface analysis, admhaigh +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːlʲtʲ/, [ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːi̯lʲtʲ] (corresponding to the form admháilt)
• (Cork) IPA^(key): /ɑd̪ˠəˈvˠɑːlʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈaud̪ˠɑːlʲ/ (as if spelled amhdáil)
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈawd̪ˠaːlʲ/ (as if spelled amhdáil)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈædʲvʲælʲ/ (corresponding to the form aidmheáil); /ˈædʲvʲæl̠ʲtʲ/ (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

Mutated forms of admháil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
admháil	n-admháil	hadmháil	not applicable

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) “admháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “admháil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “admháil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024