adhlaic

Irish

Etymology

Variant of adhnaic, from Old Irish ad·anaig (to escort; to bury).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈəil̪ˠəc/, /ˈɑːl̪ˠəc/[2]

Verb

adhlaic (present analytic adhlacann, future analytic adhlacfaidh, verbal noun adhlacadh, past participle adhlactha) or
adhlaic (present analytic adhlaiceann, future analytic adhlaicfidh, verbal noun adhlaiceadh, past participle adhlaicthe)

  1. (transitive) to bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
    Synonym: cuir
    Antonym: dí-adhlaic

Conjugation

Standard inflection, with broad c before an ending
Alternative inflection, with slender c before an ending

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhlaic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhlaic n-adhlaic hadhlaic 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·anaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 5

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhlaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aḋlacaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 6
  • adhlaic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • adhlaic”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·anaig (escorts, conveys, brings; buries, entombs). Compare Irish adhlaic.

Verb

adhlaic (past dh'adhlaic, future adhlaicidh, verbal noun adhlacadh)

  1. bury, inter
    adhlaic aig muirbury at sea
    Tha e adhlaicte ann an Glaschu.He is buried in Glasgow.

Derived terms

  • àite-adhlaic (burial ground)
  • adhlaicte (buried)