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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish amaires (“unbelief”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amhras m (genitive singular amhrais)
- doubt
- gan amhras ― without doubt, undoubtedly
Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.- He cast doubt on my story.
- suspicion (with ar plus the person or thing suspected)
Tá amhras agam air; Tá mé in amhras air.- I suspect him.
Tá siad ag amhras orm.- They’re suspicious of me.
- opinion, guess; speculation
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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amhras
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n-amhras
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hamhras
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t-amhras
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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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “am(a)ires”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 27
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 36
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68