admhálaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From admháil (“acknowledgement, admission”) +‎ -aí (agent suffix).

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

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

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