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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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: Case Singular Plural Nominative amaitéarach amaitéaraigh Vocative a amaitéaraigh a amaitéaracha Genitive amaitéaraigh amaitéarach Dative amaitéarach amaitéaraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amaitéarach na hamaitéaraigh Genitive an amaitéaraigh na n-amaitéarach Dative leis an amaitéarach don amaitéarach leis na hamaitéaraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaitéarach	n-amaitéarach	hamaitéarach	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) “amaitéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN