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adhair

adhair

Irish

Verb

adhair ‎(present analytic adhrann, future analytic adharfaidh, verbal noun adhradh, past participle adhartha)

(transitive) adore, worship
(literary, ~ de, do) adhere to, follow

Conjugation

First Conjugation (B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	adhraim	adhrann tú; adhrair^†	adhrann sé, sí	adhraimid	adhrann sibh	adhrann siad; adhraid^†	a adhrann; a adhras / a n-adhrann; a n-adhras	adhairtear
	past	d'adhair mé; d'adhras / adhair mé‡; adhras‡	d'adhair tú; d'adhrais / adhair tú‡; adhrais‡	d'adhair sé, sí / adhair sé, sí‡	d'adhramar; d'adhair muid / adhramar‡; adhair muid‡	d'adhair sibh; d'adhrabhair / adhair sibh‡; adhrabhair‡	d'adhair siad; d'adhradar / adhair siad; adhradar‡	a d'adhair / ar adhair*	adhradh; hadhradh^†
	past habitual	d'adhrainn / adhrainn‡	d'adhairteá / adhairteá‡	d'adhradh sé, sí / adhradh sé, sí‡	d'adhraimis; d'adhradh muid / adhraimis‡; adhradh muid‡	d'adhradh sibh / adhradh sibh‡	d'adhraidís; d'adhradh siad / adhraidís‡; adhradh siad‡	a d'adhradh; ar adhradh*	d'adhairtí / adhairtí‡
	future	adharfaidh mé; adharfad	adharfaidh tú; adharfair^†	adharfaidh sé, sí	adharfaimid; adharfaidh muid	adharfaidh sibh	adharfaidh siad; adharfaid^†	a adharfaidh; a adharfas / a n-adharfaidh; a n-adharfas	adharfar
conditional		d'adharfainn / adharfainn‡	d'adharfá / adharfá‡	d'adharfadh sé, sí / adharfadh sé, sí‡	d'adharfaimis; d'adharfadh muid / adharfaimis‡; adharfadh muid‡	d'adharfadh sibh / adharfadh sibh‡	d'adharfaidís; d'adharfadh siad / adharfaidís‡; adharfadh siad‡	a d'adharfadh / ar adharfadh*	d'adharfaí / adharfaí‡
subjunctive	present	go n-adhra mé; go n-adhrad^†	go n-adhra tú; go n-adhrair^†	go n-adhra sé, sí	go n-adhraimid; go n-adhra muid	go n-adhra sibh	go n-adhra siad; go n-adhraid^†	—	go n-adhairtear
subjunctive	past	dá n-adhrainn	dá n-adhairteá	dá n-adhradh sé, sí	dá n-adhraimis; dá n-adhradh muid	dá n-adhradh sibh	dá n-adhraidís; dá n-adhradh siad	—	dá n-adhairtí
imperative		adhraim	adhair	adhradh sé, sí	adhraimis	adhraigí; adhraidh^†	adhraidís	—	adhairtear
verbal noun		adhradh
past participle		adhartha

*Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form

Related terms

adhraitheoir m ‎(“adorer, worshipper”)

Etymology 2

Noun

adhair m

genitive singular of adhar ‎(“sore, irritation”)

Mutation

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

References

"adhair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 adraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

adhair m

genitive singular of adhar ‎(“air, sky, heaven”)

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