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amhairseach
amhairseach
Irish
Adjective
amhairseach (genitive singular masculine amhairsigh, genitive singular feminine amhairsí, plural amhairseacha, comparative amhairsí)
- Alternative form of amhrasach (“doubtful; suspicious; opinionated”)
Declension
Declension of amhairseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhairseach | amhairseach¹ | amhairseacha³ | |
| Vocative | amhairsigh¹ | amhairseach¹ | amhairseacha | |
| Genitive | amhairsigh¹ | amhairsí (obsolete) amhairsighe |
amhairseacha | amhairseach |
| Dative | amhairseach² | amhairseach¹ (archaic) amhairsigh¹ |
amhairseacha³ | |
| Comparative | amhairsí (obsolete) amhairsighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhairseach | n-amhairseach | hamhairseach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "amhairseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.