adhmaint

Irish

Alternative forms

• adamant, adhamaint, adhamas

Etymology

From Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “I tame”).

Noun

adhmaint f (genitive singular adhmainte, nominative plural adhmaintí)

1. adamant, lodestone; magnet

Declension

Declension of adhmaint (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhmaint adhmainta vocative a adhmaint a adhmainta genitive adhmainte adhmaint dative adhmaint adhmainta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an adhmaint na hadhmainta genitive na hadhmainte na n-adhmaint dative leis an adhmaint don adhmaint leis na hadhmainta

Derived terms

• adhmainteach (“magnetic”, adjective)
• adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)
• cloch adhmainte f (“lodestone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmaint

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmaint	n-adhmaint	hadhmaint	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhmaint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm