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
  • "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
    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
  • 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
  • “1 áe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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