amhlán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish amlán (“fool, simpleton”).

Noun

amhlán m (genitive singular amhláin, nominative plural amhláin)

1. boor; dolt

Declension

Declension of amhlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amhlán amhláin Vocative a amhláin a amhlána Genitive amhláin amhlán Dative amhlán amhláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amhlán na hamhláin Genitive an amhláin na n-amhlán Dative leis an amhlán don amhlán leis na hamhláin

Derived terms

• amhlánta (“boorish; doltish”, adjective)

Related terms

• amhlántacht f (“boorishness”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amlán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language