aimitis
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish ametis, from Old French ametiste via English, or directly from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”).
Noun
[edit]aimitis f (genitive singular aimitise, nominative plural aimitisí)
- amethyst (gemstone, colour)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aimitis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aimitis | n-aimitis | haimitis | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimitis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ametis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language