maidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maidm, verbal noun of maidid.[1] The verb is denominal from the verbal noun, while the rare synonym maígh comes directly from the Old Irish verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠəimʲ/

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

  • maidhm bháistí (“cloudburst”)
  • maidhm rabharta (“surging tide, bore”)
  • maidhm sheicne (“hernia”)
  • maidhm shléibhe (“avalanche”)
  • maidhm shneachta (“avalanche”)
  • maidhm thalún (“landslide”)
  • maidhm thaoide (“surging tide, bore”)
  • maidhm thoinne (“breaker”)
  • maidhm thuile (“flash flood”)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

conjugation of maidhm (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun madhmadh
past participle madhmtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present madhmaim madhmann tú;
madhmair† 		madhmann sé, sí madhmaimid madhmann sibh madhmann siad;
madhmaid† 		a mhadhmann; a mhadhmas /
a madhmann* 		madhmtar
past mhadhim mé; mhadhmas mhadhim tú; mhadhmais mhadhim sé, sí mhadhmamar; mhadhim muid mhadhim sibh; mhadhmabhair mhadhim siad; mhadhmadar a mhadhim /
ar mhadhim* 		madhmadh
past habitual mhadhmainn / madhmainn‡‡ mhadhmtá / madhmtᇇ mhadhmadh sé, sí / madhmadh sé, s퇇 mhadhmaimis; mhadhmadh muid / madhmaimis‡‡; madhmadh muid‡‡ mhadhmadh sibh / madhmadh sibh‡‡ mhadhmaidís; mhadhmadh siad / madhmaidís‡‡; madhmadh siad‡‡ a mhadhmadh /
a madhmadh* 		mhadhmtaí / madhmta퇇
future madhmfaidh mé;
madhmfad 		madhmfaidh tú;
madhmfair† 		madhmfaidh sé, sí madhmfaimid;
madhmfaidh muid 		madhmfaidh sibh madhmfaidh siad;
madhmfaid† 		a mhadhmfaidh; a mhadhmfas /
a madhmfaidh* 		madhmfar
conditional mhadhmfainn / madhmfainn‡‡ mhadhmfá / madhmfᇇ mhadhmfadh sé, sí / madhmfadh sé, s퇇 mhadhmfaimis; mhadhmfadh muid / madhmfaimis‡‡; madhmfadh muid‡‡ mhadhmfadh sibh / madhmfadh sibh‡‡ mhadhmfaidís; mhadhmfadh siad / madhmfaidís‡‡; madhmfadh siad‡‡ a mhadhmfadh /
a madhmfadh* 		mhadhmfaí / madhmfa퇇
subjunctive
present go madhma mé;
go madhmad† 		go madhma tú;
go madhmair† 		go madhma sé, sí go madhmaimid;
go madhma muid 		go madhma sibh go madhma siad;
go madhmaid† 		— go madhmtar
past dá madhmainn dá madhmtá dá madhmadh sé, sí dá madhmaimis;
dá madhmadh muid 		dá madhmadh sibh dá madhmaidís;
dá madhmadh siad 		— dá madhmtaí
imperative
– madhmaim madhim madhmadh sé, sí madhmaimis madhmaigí;
madhmaidh† 		madhmaidís — madhmtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

  • maidh, maidhmigh

Mutation

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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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