aimhleas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“harm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleasa or aimhlis)

  1. harm, detriment; evil

Declension

Declension of aimhleas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aimhleas
Vocative a aimhleas
Genitive aimhleasa
Dative aimhleas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aimhleas
Genitive an aimhleasa
Dative leis an aimhleas

don aimhleas

Derived terms

  • aimhleasach (“harmful, detrimental; misguided”, adjective)
  • aimhleasta (“misguided; wild, unruly”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhleas n-aimhleas haimhleas t-aimhleas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false charge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleis, no plural)

  1. harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhleas n-aimhleas h-aimhleas t-aimhleas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimhleas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aimles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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