amharc

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).[4]

Noun

amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, nominative plural amhairc)

  1. verbal noun of amharc
  2. sight, vision
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1:
      tā afr̥k ə ŋar ʒō.
      [Tá amharc i ngearr dhó.]
      He is short-sighted.
  3. look
    Is fearr amharc amháin romhat ná dhá amharc i do dhiaidh.
    Foresight is better than hindsight. (proverb)
    (literally, “One look before you is better than two looks behind you.”)
  4. sight (a great deal, a lot)
Declension
Declension of amharc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative amharc amhairc
vocative a amhairc a amharca
genitive amhairc amharc
dative amharc amhairc
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-amharc na hamhairc
genitive an amhairc na n-amharc
dative leis an amharc
don amharc 		leis na hamhairc
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish amarcaid (“sees, beholds, views”, verb), from amarc (see above).[5]

Verb

amharc (present analytic amharcann, future analytic amharcfaidh, verbal noun amharc, past participle amharctha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) look, see
    Bhí sé ag amharc amach as an bhfuinneog nuair a bhí mise ag dul thart.
    He was looking out the window when I went past.
Conjugation
conjugation of amharc (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present amharcaim amharcann tú;
amharcair† 		amharcann sé, sí amharcaimid amharcann sibh amharcann siad;
amharcaid† 		a amharcann; a amharcas /
a n-amharcann* 		amharctar
past d'amharc mé; d'amharcas /
amharc mé‡; amharcas‡ 		d'amharc tú; d'amharcais /
amharc tú‡; amharcais‡ 		d'amharc sé, sí /
amharc sé, sí‡ 		d'amharcamar; d'amharc muid /
amharcamar‡; amharc muid‡ 		d'amharc sibh; d'amharcabhair /
amharc sibh‡; amharcabhair‡ 		d'amharc siad; d'amharcadar /
amharc siad; amharcadar‡ 		a d'amharc /
ar amharc* 		amharcadh;
hamharcadh†
past habitual d'amharcainn /
amharcainn‡; n-amharcainn‡‡ 		d'amharctá /
amharctá‡; n-amharctᇇ 		d'amharcadh sé, sí /
amharcadh sé, sí‡; n-amharcadh sé, s퇇 		d'amharcaimis; d'amharcadh muid /
amharcaimis‡; amharcadh muid‡; n-amharcaimis‡‡; n-amharcadh muid‡‡ 		d'amharcadh sibh /
amharcadh sibh‡; n-amharcadh sibh‡‡ 		d'amharcaidís; d'amharcadh siad /
amharcaidís‡; amharcadh siad‡; n-amharcaidís‡‡; n-amharcadh siad‡‡ 		a d'amharcadh /
a n-amharcadh* 		d'amharctaí /
amharctaí‡; n-amharcta퇇
future amharcfaidh mé;
amharcfad 		amharcfaidh tú;
amharcfair† 		amharcfaidh sé, sí amharcfaimid;
amharcfaidh muid 		amharcfaidh sibh amharcfaidh siad;
amharcfaid† 		a amharcfaidh; a amharcfas /
a n-amharcfaidh* 		amharcfar
conditional d'amharcfainn / amharcfainn‡; n-amharcfainn‡‡ d'amharcfá / amharcfá‡; n-amharcfᇇ d'amharcfadh sé, sí / amharcfadh sé, sí‡; n-amharcfadh sé, s퇇 d'amharcfaimis; d'amharcfadh muid / amharcfaimis‡; amharcfadh muid‡; n-amharcfaimis‡‡; n-amharcfadh muid‡‡ d'amharcfadh sibh / amharcfadh sibh‡; n-amharcfadh sibh‡‡ d'amharcfaidís; d'amharcfadh siad / amharcfaidís‡; amharcfadh siad‡; n-amharcfaidís‡‡; n-amharcfadh siad‡‡ a d'amharcfadh /
a n-amharcfadh* 		d'amharcfaí / amharcfaí‡; n-amharcfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-amharca mé;
go n-amharcad† 		go n-amharca tú;
go n-amharcair† 		go n-amharca sé, sí go n-amharcaimid;
go n-amharca muid 		go n-amharca sibh go n-amharca siad;
go n-amharcaid† 		— go n-amharctar
past dá n-amharcainn dá n-amharctá dá n-amharcadh sé, sí dá n-amharcaimis;
dá n-amharcadh muid 		dá n-amharcadh sibh dá n-amharcaidís;
dá n-amharcadh siad 		— dá n-amharctaí
imperative amharcaim amharc amharcadh sé, sí amharcaimis amharcaigí;
amharcaidh† 		amharcaidís — amharctar
verbal noun amharc
past participle amharctha

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of amharc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amharc n-amharc hamharc t-amharc

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amarcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).

Pronunciation

Noun

amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, plural amhairc)

  1. verbal noun of amhairc
  2. seeing, viewing
  3. sight, view
  4. vizzy or sight on a gun
  5. view, sight, observation
  6. beholding
  7. inspecting
  8. look, appearance
  9. fault

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “amharc”, 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), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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