adhmhol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admolaid (“extols, praises highly, eulogises”), from ad- + molaid (“to praise, extol”). By surface analysis, adh- +‎ mol).

Verb

adhmhol (present analytic adhmholann, future analytic adhmholfaidh, verbal noun adhmholadh, past participle adhmholta)

1. (transitive) extol, eulogize

Conjugation

Conjugation of adhmhol (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	adhmholaim	adhmholann tú; adhmholair†	adhmholann sé, sí	adhmholaimid; adhmholann muid	adhmholann sibh	adhmholann siad; adhmholaid†	a adhmholann; a adhmholas	adhmholtar
past	d'adhmhol mé; d'adhmholas / adhmhol mé‡; adhmholas‡	d'adhmhol tú; d'adhmholais / adhmhol tú‡; adhmholais‡	d'adhmhol sé, sí / adhmhol sé, sí‡	d'adhmholamar; d'adhmhol muid / adhmholamar‡; adhmhol muid‡	d'adhmhol sibh; d'adhmholabhair / adhmhol sibh‡; adhmholabhair‡	d'adhmhol siad; d'adhmholadar / adhmhol siad‡; adhmholadar‡	a d'adhmhol	adhmholadh; hadhmholadh†
past habitual	d'adhmholainn / adhmholainn‡	d'adhmholtá / adhmholtá‡	d'adhmholadh sé, sí / adhmholadh sé, sí‡	d'adhmholaimis; d'adhmholadh muid / adhmholaimis‡; adhmholadh muid‡	d'adhmholadh sibh / adhmholadh sibh‡	d'adhmholaidís; d'adhmholadh siad / adhmholaidís‡; adhmholadh siad‡	a d'adhmholadh	d'adhmholtaí / adhmholtaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	adhmholfaidh mé; adhmholfad	adhmholfaidh tú; adhmholfair†	adhmholfaidh sé, sí	adhmholfaimid; adhmholfaidh muid	adhmholfaidh sibh	adhmholfaidh siad; adhmholfaid†	a adhmholfaidh; a adhmholfas	adhmholfar
conditional	d'adhmholfainn / adhmholfainn‡	d'adhmholfá / adhmholfá‡	d'adhmholfadh sé, sí / adhmholfadh sé, sí‡	d'adhmholfaimis; d'adhmholfadh muid / adhmholfaimis‡; adhmholfadh muid‡	d'adhmholfadh sibh / adhmholfadh sibh‡	d'adhmholfaidís; d'adhmholfadh siad / adhmholfaidís‡; adhmholfadh siad‡	a d'adhmholfadh	d'adhmholfaí / adhmholfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go n-adhmhola mé; go n-adhmholad†	go n-adhmhola tú; go n-adhmholair†	go n-adhmhola sé, sí	go n-adhmholaimid; go n-adhmhola muid	go n-adhmhola sibh	go n-adhmhola siad; go n-adhmholaid†	—	go n-adhmholtar
past	dá n-adhmholainn	dá n-adhmholtá	dá n-adhmholadh sé, sí	dá n-adhmholaimis; dá n-adhmholadh muid	dá n-adhmholadh sibh	dá n-adhmholaidís; dá n-adhmholadh siad	—	dá n-adhmholtaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	adhmholaim	adhmhol	adhmholadh sé, sí	adhmholaimis	adhmholaigí; adhmholaidh†	adhmholaidís	—	adhmholtar
past participle	adhmholta
verbal noun	adhmholadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

• adhmholtach (“eulogistic”, adjective)
• adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmhol

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmhol	n-adhmhol	hadhmhol	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhmhol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “admolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language