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amhrasach
amhrasach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
amhrasach (genitive singular masculine amhrasaigh, genitive singular feminine amhrasaí, plural amhrasacha, comparative amhrasaí)
- suspicious; doubtful
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 13:
- opinionated
Declension
Declension of amhrasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amhrasach | amhrasach¹ | amhrasacha³ | |
| Vocative | amhrasaigh¹ | amhrasach¹ | amhrasacha | |
| Genitive | amhrasaigh¹ | amhrasaí (obsolete) amhrasaighe |
amhrasacha | amhrasach |
| Dative | amhrasach² | amhrasach¹ (archaic) amhrasaigh¹ |
amhrasacha³ | |
| Comparative | amhrasaí (obsolete) amhrasaighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- neamh-amhrasach (“unsuspicious, unsuspecting”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amhrasach | n-amhrasach | hamhrasach | t-amhrasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “amairsech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aṁairseaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “aṁrasaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "amhrasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.