maidhm
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid. The verb is denominal from the verbal noun, while the rare synonym maígh comes directly from the Old Irish verb.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maidhm f or m (genitive singular maidhme or madhma, nominative plural maidhmeanna or madhmanna)
- break, burst, eruption
- defeat, rout (act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent)
- loud report, explosion
- detonation
- breaker (wave)
- Synonym: maidhm thoinne
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
- Alternative form of mám
Declension[edit]
Declension of maidhm
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of maidhm
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
- maidhm rabharta (“surging tide, bore”)
- maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
- maidhm shléibhe (“avalanche”)
- maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
- maidhm thalún (“landslide”)
- maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)
- maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
- maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)
Verb[edit]
maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of maidhm (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maidhm | mhaidhm | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maidhm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maiḋm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 457
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “maidhm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “maidhm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂d- (wet)
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish nouns with multiple genders
- Irish nonstandard terms
- Irish verbal nouns
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- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
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- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
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