aimhréidh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈavʲɾʲəi̯/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled place; contentiousness, disturbance”), aimréide (“roughness, unevenness; dissension, disagreement, quarrel”).

Noun

aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)

1. entanglement

Declension

Declension of aimhréidh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aimhréidh Vocative a aimhréidh Genitive aimhréidhe Dative aimhréidh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aimhréidh Genitive na haimhréidhe Dative leis an aimhréidh don aimhréidh

Alternative forms

• aimhréidhe f
• aimhréidheas m
• aimhréití f

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled; contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).

Adjective

aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)

1. entangled; dishevelled (of thread, hair, etc.)
2. involved, intricate (of question, statement, etc.)
3. uneven, difficult (of terrain)

Declension

Declension of aimhréidh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aimhréidh	aimhréidh	aimhréidhe
Vocative	aimhréidh		aimhréidhe
Genitive		aimhréidhe	aimhréidhe	aimhréidh
Dative	aimhréidh	aimhréidh	aimhréidhe
Comparative	níos aimhréidhe
Superlative	is aimhréidhe

Alternative forms

• aimhréidheach
• aimhréiseach
• aimhréiteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimhréidh	n-aimhréidh	haimhréidh	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) “aimhréidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language