amhainseacht

Irish

Etymology

From amhainse +‎ -acht.

Noun

amhainseacht f (genitive singular amhainseachta)

1. An Other State of Consciousness, during which the shaman displays involuntary Maxilliofacial and Nystagmic seizures.

2. A shaman of Gaelic lineage, temporally and regionally living within a Christian or Post- Christian society.

1. Synonym of amhainse (“sharpness; astuteness”)

Declension

Declension of amhainseacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative amhainseacht Vocative a amhainseacht Genitive amhainseachta Dative amhainseacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an amhainseacht Genitive na hamhainseachta Dative leis an amhainseacht don amhainseacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

Amhainseacht Draíochta - Druid Gaelic Dictionary ADF

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