amaitéarach

Irish

Etymology

From English amateur + -ach.

Adjective

amaitéarach (genitive singular masculine amaitéaraigh, genitive singular feminine amaitéaraí, plural amaitéaracha, comparative amaitéaraí)

1. amateur

Declension

Declension of amaitéarach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	amaitéarach	amaitéarach	amaitéaracha
vocative	amaitéaraigh		amaitéaracha
genitive		amaitéaraí	amaitéaracha	amaitéarach
dative	amaitéarach	amaitéarach; amaitéaraigh (archaic)	amaitéaracha
Comparative	níos amaitéaraí
Superlative	is amaitéaraí

Noun

amaitéarach m (genitive singular amaitéaraigh, nominative plural amaitéaraigh)

1. amateur

Declension

Declension of amaitéarach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative amaitéarach amaitéaraigh vocative a amaitéaraigh a amaitéaracha genitive amaitéaraigh amaitéarach dative amaitéarach amaitéaraigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-amaitéarach na hamaitéaraigh genitive an amaitéaraigh na n-amaitéarach dative leis an amaitéarach don amaitéarach leis na hamaitéaraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaitéarach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaitéarach	n-amaitéarach	hamaitéarach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amaitéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN