promhadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish promad (“making trial of, testing, proving; proof, testimony”), verbal noun of promaid (“puts to the test, tries, proves”, verb).

Noun

promhadh m (genitive singular as substantive promhaidh, genitive as verbal noun profa)

  1. verbal noun of promh
  2. test, vetting, roadtest
  3. (law enforcement) probation
Derived terms
  • barra profa (“test-bar”)
  • binse profa (“test-bench”)
  • oifigeach promhaidh (“probation officer”)
  • píolóta profa (“test-pilot”)
  • promhadh an aigéid (“the acid test”)
  • promhadh ar bhinse (“bench-test”)
  • promhadh cnapbhóráis (“borax-bead test”)
  • promhadh súl (“eye-testing”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

promhadh

  1. inflection of promh:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of promhadh
radical lenition eclipsis
promhadh phromhadh bpromhadh

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

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.