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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːlʲtʲ/, [ad̪ˠˈvɑ̃ːi̯lʲtʲ] (corresponding to the form admháilt)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈædʲvʲælʲ/ (as if spelled 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
admháil	n-admháil	hadmháil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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