aimrid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimbrit (“barren, childless”).

Adjective

aimrid (genitive singular masculine aimrid, genitive singular feminine aimride, plural aimride, comparative aimride)

1. (of person or animal) sterile, barren

Declension

Declension of aimrid

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aimrid	aimrid	aimride
Vocative	aimrid		aimride
Genitive		aimride	aimride	aimrid
Dative	aimrid	aimrid; aimrid (archaic)	aimride
Comparative	níos aimride
Superlative	is aimride

Synonyms

• (of animal): seasc

Derived terms

• aimridigh (“make barren, sterilize”, verb)

Related terms

• aimride f (“barrenness, sterility”)
• aimridiú m (“sterilization”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimrid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimbrit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimbrit (“barren, childless”).

Adjective

aimrid (genitive singular feminine aimride, nominative plural aimride, comparative aimride)

1. sterile
2. barren
3. childless
4. infertile

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimrid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimbrit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language