amhchaoin
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
amhchaoin (genitive singular masculine amhchaoin, genitive singular feminine amhchaoine, plural amhchaoine, comparative amhchaoine)
Declension[edit]
Declension of amhchaoin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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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[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhchaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN