amhrasach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish amairsech, from Old Irish amirissech. By surface analysis, amhras +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑvɾˠəsˠəx/, /ˈɑ̃vɾˠəsˠəx/, /ˈɑnvɾˠəsˠəx/

Adjective

amhrasach (genitive singular masculine amhrasaigh, genitive singular feminine amhrasaí, plural amhrasacha, comparative amhrasaí)

  1. suspicious; doubtful
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:
      tā mē anvrəsəx, n̄ax ńīnə šē ē.
      [Tá mé amhrasach nach ndéanfaidh sé é.]
      I’m doubtful that he will do it.
  2. opinionated

Declension

Declension of amhrasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative amhrasach amhrasach amhrasacha
Vocative amhrasaigh amhrasacha
Genitive amhrasaí amhrasacha amhrasach
Dative amhrasach amhrasach;
amhrasaigh (archaic) 		amhrasacha
Comparative níos amhrasaí
Superlative is amhrasaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhrasach n-amhrasach hamhrasach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amairsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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