aimhréidh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aimréide (“roughness”).[3]

Noun

aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)

  1. entanglement
    in aimhréidh ― entangled
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aimhréidh
vocative a aimhréidh
genitive aimhréidhe
dative aimhréidh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aimhréidh
genitive na haimhréidhe
dative leis an aimhréidh
don aimhréidh
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aimréid (“rough”).[4]

Adjective

aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)

  1. entangled; dishevelled (of thread, hair, etc.)
  2. involved, intricate (of question, statement, etc.)
  3. uneven, difficult (of terrain)
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
vocative aimhréidh aimhréidhe
genitive aimhréidhe aimhréidhe aimhréidh
dative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
Comparative níos aimhréidhe
Superlative is aimhréidhe
Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimhréidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhréidh n-aimhréidh haimhréidh not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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