amhrasach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish amairsech, from Old Irish amirissech; synchronically amhras + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
amhrasach (genitive singular masculine amhrasaigh, genitive singular feminine amhrasaí, plural amhrasacha, comparative amhrasaí)
- suspicious; doubtful
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:
- tā mē anvrəsəx, n̄ax ńīnə šē ē.
- conventional orthography: Tá mé amhrasach nach ndéanfaidh sé é.
- I’m doubtful that he will do it.
- conventional orthography: Tá mé amhrasach nach ndéanfaidh sé é.
- tā mē anvrəsəx, n̄ax ńīnə šē ē.
- opinionated
Declension
Declension of amhrasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhrasach | amhrasach | amhrasacha | |
| Vocative | amhrasaigh | amhrasacha | ||
| Genitive | amhrasaí | amhrasacha | amhrasach | |
| Dative | amhrasach | amhrasach; amhrasaigh (archaic) |
amhrasacha | |
| Comparative | níos amhrasaí | |||
| Superlative | is amhrasaí | |||
Derived terms
- neamh-amhrasach (“unsuspicious, unsuspecting”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhrasach | n-amhrasach | hamhrasach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amhrasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amhrasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhrasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amairsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁairseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁrasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 27