amhchaoin
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
amhchaoin (genitive singular masculine amhchaoin, genitive singular feminine amhchaoine, plural amhchaoine, comparative amhchaoine)
Declension[edit]
Declension of amhchaoin
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhchaoin | amhchaoin | amhchaoine; amhchaoine² | |
| Vocative | amhchaoin | amhchaoine | ||
| Genitive | amhchaoine | amhchaoine | amhchaoin | |
| Dative | amhchaoin; amhchaoin¹ |
amhchaoin | amhchaoine; amhchaoine² | |
| Comparative | níos amhchaoine | |||
| Superlative | is amhchaoine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhchaoin | n-amhchaoin | hamhchaoin | 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) “amhchaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN