admhálaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From admháil (“acknowledgement, admission”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

admhálaí m (genitive singular admhálaí, nominative plural admhálaithe)

1. one who admits; confessor

Declension

Declension of admhálaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative admhálaí admhálaithe vocative a admhálaí a admhálaithe genitive admhálaí admhálaithe dative admhálaí admhálaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-admhálaí na hadmhálaithe genitive an admhálaí na n-admhálaithe dative leis an admhálaí don admhálaí leis na hadmhálaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

admhálaí

1. inflection of admhálach (“admitting”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of admhálaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
admhálaí	n-admhálaí	hadmhálaí	t-admhálaí

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) “admhálaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “admhálaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm