promhadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish promad (“making trial of, testing, proving; proof, testimony”), verbal noun of promaid (“puts to the test, tries, proves”, verb).

Noun

promhadh m (genitive singular as substantive promhaidh, genitive as verbal noun profa)

1. verbal noun of promh
2. proof, test
3. (law enforcement) probation

Derived terms

• oifigeach promhaidh m (“probation officer”)
• promhadh an aigéid m (“the acid test”)
• promhadh cnapbhóráis m (“borax-bead test”)
• promhadh súl m (“eye-testing”)

 

Verb

promhadh

1. inflection of promh:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

References

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