amhrasán

Irish

Etymology

From amhras (“doubt; suspicion”) +‎ -án.

Noun

amhrasán m (genitive singular amhrasáin, nominative plural amhrasáin)

1. suspicious person, doubter, skeptic

Declension

Declension of amhrasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amhrasán amhrasáin Vocative a amhrasáin a amhrasána Genitive amhrasáin amhrasán Dative amhrasán amhrasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amhrasán na hamhrasáin Genitive an amhrasáin na n-amhrasán Dative leis an amhrasán don amhrasán leis na hamhrasáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhrasán	n-amhrasán	hamhrasán	t-amhrasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhrasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “doubter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “sceptic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024