amhairc

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

amhairc m

  1. genitive singular of amharc

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhairc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhairc n-amhairc hamhairc not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish amarcaid (“sees, beholds, views”, verb), from amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).

Verb

amhairc (past dh'amhairc, future amhaircidh, verbal noun amharc, past participle amhaircte)

  1. look, observe, behold, see

Conjugation

Conjugation of amhairc (regular)
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past dh'amhairc mi dh'amhairc thu dh'amhairc e/i dh'amhairc sinn dh'amhairc sibh dh'amhairc iad dh'amhairceadh
future amhaircidh mi amhaircidh tu amhaircidh e/i amhaircidh sinn amhaircidh sibh amhaircidh iad amhaircear
amhairctear
conditional dh'amhaircinn dh'amhairceadh tu dh'amhairceadh e/i dh'amhairceamaid
dh'amhairceadh sinn 		dh'amhairceadh sibh dh'amhairceadh iad dh'amhaircteadh
dh'amhaircist1
dh'amhairciste1
negative past cha do dh'amhairc mi cha do dh'amhairc thu cha do dh'amhairc e/i cha do dh'amhairc sinn cha do dh'amhairc sibh cha do dh'amhairc iad cha do dh'amhairceadh
future chan amhairc mi chan amhairc thu chan amhairc e/i chan amhairc sinn chan amhairc sibh chan amhairc iad chan amhaircear
chan amhairctear
conditional chan amhaircinn chan amhairceadh tu chan amhairceadh e/i chan amhairceamaid
chan amhairceadh sinn 		chan amhairceadh sibh chan amhairceadh iad chan amhaircteadh
chan amhaircist1
chan amhairciste1
affirmative
interrogative 		past an do dh'amhairc mi? an do dh'amhairc thu? an do dh'amhairc e/i? an do dh'amhairc sinn? an do dh'amhairc sibh? an do dh'amhairc iad? an do dh'amhairceadh?
future an amhairc mi? an amhairc thu? an amhairc e/i? an amhairc sinn? an amhairc sibh? an amhairc iad? an amhaircear?
an amhairctear?
conditional an amhaircinn? an amhairceadh tu? an amhairceadh e/i? an amhairceamaid?
an amhairceadh sinn? 		an amhairceadh sibh? an amhairceadh iad? an amhaircteadh?
an amhaircist?1
an amhairciste?1
negative
interrogative 		past nach do dh'amhairc mi? nach do dh'amhairc thu? nach do dh'amhairc e/i? nach do dh'amhairc sinn? nach do dh'amhairc sibh? nach do dh'amhairc iad? nach do dh'amhairceadh?
future nach amhairc mi? nach amhairc thu? nach amhairc e/i? nach amhairc sinn? nach amhairc sibh? nach amhairc iad? nach amhaircear?
nach amhairctear?
conditional nach amhaircinn? nach amhairceadh tu? nach amhairceadh e/i? nach amhairceamaid?
nach amhairceadh sinn? 		nach amhairceadh sibh? nach amhairceadh iad? nach amhaircteadh?
nach amhaircist?1
nach amhairciste?1
relative
future 		affirmative (ma) dh'amhairceas mi (ma) dh'amhairceas thu (ma) dh'amhairceas e/i (ma) dh'amhairceas sinn (ma) dh'amhairceas sibh (ma) dh'amhairceas iad (ma) dh'amhaircear
negative (mur) amhairc mi (mur) amhairc thu (mur) amhairc e/i (mur) amhairc sinn (mur) amhairc sibh (mur) amhairc iad (mur) amhaircear
(mur) amhairctear
imperative amhairceam amhairc amhairceadh e/i amhairceamaid amhaircibh amhairceadh iad amhaircear
amhairctear
stem amhairc
verbal noun amharc
past participle amhaircte
1 Lewis dialect form

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “amhairc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amarcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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