ámharach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ádhmharach, ámhar (dated)
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ámharach (genitive singular masculine ámharaigh, genitive singular feminine ámharaí, plural ámharacha, comparative ámharaí)
- lucky, fortunate
- Antonym: mí-ámharach
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | ámharach | ámharach | ámharacha | |
vocative | ámharaigh | ámharacha | ||
genitive | ámharaí | ámharacha | ámharach | |
dative | ámharach | ámharach; ámharaigh (archaic) |
ámharacha | |
Comparative | níos ámharaí | |||
Superlative | is ámharaí |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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ámharach | n-ámharach | hámharach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ámharach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ádmar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ámharach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ámharach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025