amhchaoin

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

amhchaoin (genitive singular masculine amhchaoin, genitive singular feminine amhchaoine, plural amhchaoine, comparative amhchaoine)

1. rough, uncouth

Declension

Declension of amhchaoin

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	amhchaoin	amhchaoin	amhchaoine; amhchaoine²
Vocative	amhchaoin		amhchaoine
Genitive		amhchaoine	amhchaoine	amhchaoin
Dative	amhchaoin; amhchaoin¹	amhchaoin	amhchaoine; amhchaoine²
Comparative	níos amhchaoine
Superlative	is amhchaoine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhchaoin	n-amhchaoin	hamhchaoin	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhchaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN