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amhraisteach
amhraisteach
Irish
Adjective
amhraisteach (genitive singular masculine amhraistigh, genitive singular feminine amhraistí, plural amhraisteacha, comparative amhraistí)
- Alternative form of amhrasach (“doubtful; suspicious; opinionated”)
Declension
Declension of amhraisteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhraisteach | amhraisteach¹ | amhraisteacha³ | |
| Vocative | amhraistigh¹ | amhraisteach¹ | amhraisteacha | |
| Genitive | amhraistigh¹ | amhraistí (obsolete) amhraistighe |
amhraisteacha | amhraisteach |
| Dative | amhraisteach² | amhraisteach¹ (archaic) amhraistigh¹ |
amhraisteacha³ | |
| Comparative | amhraistí (obsolete) amhraistighe |
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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 |
| amhraisteach | n-amhraisteach | hamhraisteach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "amhraisteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.