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Adha

Adha

See also: adha

Manx

Proper noun

Adha m

  1. A male given name, Anglicized as Arthur.

adha

adha

See also: Adha

Irish

Adjective

adha

  1. (literary) fitting, proper

Mutation

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

References

  • "adha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • ada(e)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish áe, from Old Irish óa (liver).

Noun

adha m (genitive singular adha, plural àinean)

  1. (anatomy) liver

Synonyms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 áe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.