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Definition 2024
amplach
amplach
Irish
Adjective
amplach (genitive singular masculine amplaigh, genitive singular feminine amplaí, plural amplacha, comparative amplaí)
Declension
Declension of amplach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amplach | amplach¹ | amplacha³ | |
| Vocative | amplaigh¹ | amplach¹ | amplacha | |
| Genitive | amplaigh¹ | amplaí (obsolete) amplaighe |
amplacha | amplach |
| Dative | amplach² | amplach¹ (archaic) amplaigh¹ |
amplacha³ | |
| Comparative | amplaí (obsolete) amplaighe |
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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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- amplachán m (“greedy person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amplach | n-amplach | hamplach | t-amplach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "amplach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “amplach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.