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ammus
ammus
Finnish
Noun
ammus
Declension
| Inflection of ammus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ammus | ammukset | |
| genitive | ammuksen | ammusten ammuksien |
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| partitive | ammusta | ammuksia | |
| illative | ammukseen | ammuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ammus | ammukset | |
| accusative | nom. | ammus | ammukset |
| gen. | ammuksen | ||
| genitive | ammuksen | ammusten ammuksien |
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| partitive | ammusta | ammuksia | |
| inessive | ammuksessa | ammuksissa | |
| elative | ammuksesta | ammuksista | |
| illative | ammukseen | ammuksiin | |
| adessive | ammuksella | ammuksilla | |
| ablative | ammukselta | ammuksilta | |
| allative | ammukselle | ammuksille | |
| essive | ammuksena | ammuksina | |
| translative | ammukseksi | ammuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | ammuksin | |
| abessive | ammuksetta | ammuksitta | |
| comitative | — | ammuksineen | |
Related terms
Verb
ammus
Verb
ammus
Anagrams
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- amas (late form)
Noun
ammus m
- attempt, effort
- act of tempting, temptation
- act of attacking; attack
- guess, conjecture
- act of hitting the mark
- (poetry) assonance, imperfect rhyme
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: amas
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ammus | unchanged | n-ammus |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ammus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.