adhmhol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish admolaid (“extols, praises highly, eulogises”), from ad- + molaid (“to praise, extol”). By surface analysis, adh- +‎ mol).

Verb

adhmhol (present analytic adhmholann, future analytic adhmholfaidh, verbal noun adhmholadh, past participle adhmholta)

(transitive) extol, eulogize

Conjugation

Conjugation of *adhmhol* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	adhmholaim	adhmholann tú; adhmholair^†	adhmholann sé, sí	adhmholaimid; adhmholann muid	adhmholann sibh	adhmholann siad; adhmholaid^†	a adhmholann; a adhmholas	adhmholtar
past	d'adhmhol mé; d'adhmholas / adhmhol mé^‡; adhmholas^‡	d'adhmhol tú; d'adhmholais / adhmhol tú^‡; adhmholais^‡	d'adhmhol sé, sí / adhmhol sé, sí^‡	d'adhmholamar; d'adhmhol muid / adhmholamar^‡; adhmhol muid^‡	d'adhmhol sibh; d'adhmholabhair / adhmhol sibh^‡; adhmholabhair^‡	d'adhmhol siad; d'adhmholadar / adhmhol siad^‡; adhmholadar^‡	a d'adhmhol	adhmholadh; hadhmholadh^†
past habitual	d'adhmholainn / adhmholainn^‡	d'adhmholtá / adhmholtá^‡	d'adhmholadh sé, sí / adhmholadh sé, sí^‡	d'adhmholaimis; d'adhmholadh muid / adhmholaimis^‡; adhmholadh muid^‡	d'adhmholadh sibh / adhmholadh sibh^‡	d'adhmholaidís; d'adhmholadh siad / adhmholaidís^‡; adhmholadh siad^‡	a d'adhmholadh	d'adhmholtaí / adhmholtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	adhmholfaidh mé; adhmholfad	adhmholfaidh tú; adhmholfair^†	adhmholfaidh sé, sí	adhmholfaimid; adhmholfaidh muid	adhmholfaidh sibh	adhmholfaidh siad; adhmholfaid^†	a adhmholfaidh; a adhmholfas	adhmholfar
conditional	d'adhmholfainn / adhmholfainn^‡	d'adhmholfá / adhmholfá^‡	d'adhmholfadh sé, sí / adhmholfadh sé, sí^‡	d'adhmholfaimis; d'adhmholfadh muid / adhmholfaimis^‡; adhmholfadh muid^‡	d'adhmholfadh sibh / adhmholfadh sibh^‡	d'adhmholfaidís; d'adhmholfadh siad / adhmholfaidís^‡; adhmholfadh siad^‡	a d'adhmholfadh	d'adhmholfaí / adhmholfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-adhmhola mé; go n-adhmholad^†	go n-adhmhola tú; go n-adhmholair^†	go n-adhmhola sé, sí	go n-adhmholaimid; go n-adhmhola muid	go n-adhmhola sibh	go n-adhmhola siad; go n-adhmholaid^†	—	go n-adhmholtar
past	dá n-adhmholainn	dá n-adhmholtá	dá n-adhmholadh sé, sí	dá n-adhmholaimis; dá n-adhmholadh muid	dá n-adhmholadh sibh	dá n-adhmholaidís; dá n-adhmholadh siad	—	dá n-adhmholtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	adhmholaim	adhmhol	adhmholadh sé, sí	adhmholaimis	adhmholaigí; adhmholaidh^†	adhmholaidís	—	adhmholtar

past participle	adhmholta

verbal noun	adhmholadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

adhmholtach (“eulogistic”, adjective)
adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *adhmhol*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmhol	n-adhmhol	hadhmhol	not applicable

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhmhol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “admolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language