adha

See also: Adha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ada, adae (due, fitting, suitable).

Adjective

adha

  1. (literary) fitting, proper

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adha n-adha hadha not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish áe, from Old Irish óa (liver), from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɤ.ə/

Noun

adha m (genitive singular adha, plural àinean)

  1. liver
    Synonym: grùthan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhan-adhah-adhat-adha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), adha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), 1 áe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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