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ámharach
ámharach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
ámharach (genitive singular masculine ámharaigh, genitive singular feminine ámharaí, plural ámharacha, comparative ámharaí)
Declension
Declension of ámharach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ámharach | ámharach¹ | ámharacha³ | |
| Vocative | ámharaigh¹ | ámharach¹ | ámharacha | |
| Genitive | ámharaigh¹ | ámharaí (obsolete) ámharaighe |
ámharacha | ámharach |
| Dative | ámharach² | ámharach¹ (archaic) ámharaigh¹ |
ámharacha³ | |
| Comparative | ámharaí (obsolete) ámharaighe |
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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 |
| ámharach | n-ámharach | hámharach | t-ámharach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ámharach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ádmar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.