hamstair

Scottish Gaelic

Hamstair.

Etymology

Borrowed from English hamster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhãũ̯ms̪tɛɾʲ/

Noun

hamstair m

1. hamster

Declension

Declension of hamstair (class IId masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	hamstair	hamstairean
genitive	hamstair	hamstairean
dative	hamstair	hamstairean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) hamstair	(na) hamstairean
genitive	(an) hamstair	(nan) hamstairean
dative	(an) hamstair	(na) hamstairean
vocative	hamstair	hamstairean

Mutation

Mutation of hamstair

radical	lenition
hamstair	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Mark, Colin (2003), “hamstair”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 352