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Translingual
Symbol
amh
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Amharic.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Manx aw), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amh (genitive singular masculine amh, genitive singular feminine aimhe, plural amha, comparative aimhe)
- raw, uncooked
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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amh
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amh
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amha
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| Vocative
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amh
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amha
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| Genitive
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aimhe
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amha
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amh
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| Dative
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amh
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amh
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amha
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| Comparative
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níos aimhe
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| Superlative
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is aimhe
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Derived terms
Related terms
- aimhe (“rawness, crudeness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| amh
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n-amh
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hamh
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Entries containing “amh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “amh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “om”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Manx aw), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emós, *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amh (comparative aimhe)
- raw, uncooked
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| amh |
n-amh |
h-amh |
t-amh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading