maidhm
Irish
Etymology
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
Noun
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)
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- loud report, explosion
- detonation
- breaker (wave)
- Synonym: maidhm thoinne
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
- Alternative form of mám
Declension
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
- maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
- maidhm chroí (“heartbreak”)
- maidhm rabharta, maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)
- maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
- maidhm shléibhe, maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
- maidhm thalún (“landslide”)
- maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
- maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)
Verb
maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
conjugation of maidhm (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms
Mutation
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
- 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maidhm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “maidhm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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