Irish

Noun

adhradh m ‎(genitive singular adhartha)

1. verbal noun of adhair ‎(“adore, worship; adhere to, follow”)
2. (religion) worship, adoration
3. (~ de, do) adherence (to)

Declension

Derived terms

• íoladhradh ‎(“idolatry”)

Verb

adhradh

1. inflection of adhair:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past habitual analytic dependent
   3. past subjunctive analytic
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

References

• "adhradh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 adrad (‘adherence’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adrad ‎(“act of adoring, worshipping; adoration”), verbal noun of adraid ‎(“adores, worships”), from Latin adōrō.

Noun

adhradh m ‎(genitive singular adhraidh, plural adhraidhean)

1. (religion) adoration, worship
2. Alternative form of aoradh

Usage notes

• Can be used as a verbal noun (the preposition used is do):

  Bha na pàganaich ag adhradh dhan ìomhaigh seo.‎ ― Pagans worshipped this image.

Derived terms

• dèan adhradh

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 adrad (‘adoring, worshipping’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.