amhantrach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From amhantar (“chance, venture; lucky find, windfall”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]amhantrach (genitive singular masculine amhantraigh, genitive singular feminine amhantraí, plural amhantracha, comparative amhantraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of amhantrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhantrach | amhantrach | amhantracha | |
| Vocative | amhantraigh | amhantracha | ||
| Genitive | amhantraí | amhantracha | amhantrach | |
| Dative | amhantrach | amhantrach; amhantraigh (archaic) |
amhantracha | |
| Comparative | níos amhantraí | |||
| Superlative | is amhantraí | |||
Antonyms
[edit]- mí-amhantrach (“unfortunate”)
Related terms
[edit]- amhantraí (“speculator”)
- amhantraíocht (“speculation”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhantrach | n-amhantrach | hamhantrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhantrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amhantrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amhantrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024