Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid. The verb is denominal from the verbal noun, while the rare synonym maígh comes directly from the Old Irish verb.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maidhm f or m (genitive singular maidhme or madhma, nominative plural maidhmeanna or madhmanna)

  1. break, burst, eruption
  2. defeat, rout (act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent)
  3. loud report, explosion
  4. detonation
  5. breaker (wave)
    Synonym: maidhm thoinne
  6. (nonstandard) verbal noun of maidhm
  7. Alternative form of mám

Declension

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Declension of maidhm (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative maidhm maidhmeanna
vocative a mhaidhm a mhaidhmeanna
genitive maidhme maidhmeanna
dative maidhm maidhmeanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhaidhm na maidhmeanna
genitive na maidhme na maidhmeanna
dative leis an maidhm
don mhaidhm
leis na maidhmeanna
Alternative declension
Declension of maidhm (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative maidhm madhmanna
vocative a mhaidhm a mhadhmanna
genitive madhma madhmanna
dative maidhm madhmanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhaidhm na madhmanna
genitive na madhma na madhmanna
dative leis an maidhm
don mhaidhm
leis na madhmanna

Derived terms

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Verb

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maidhm (present analytic madhmann, future analytic madhmfaidh, verbal noun madhmadh, past participle madhmtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. break, burst, erupt
  2. defeat, rout
  3. detonate

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of maidhm
radical lenition eclipsis
maidhm mhaidhm 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

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  NODES
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