amplóir

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Irish

Etymology

From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) +‎ -óir.

Noun

amplóir m (genitive singular amplóra, nominative plural amplóirí)

  1. hungry person
  2. greedy person, glutton
    Synonyms: amplachán, craosaire, sutha

Declension

Declension of amplóir (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative amplóir amplóra
vocative a amplóra a amplóira
genitive amplóra amplóir
dative amplóir amplóra
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-amplóir na hamplóra
genitive an amplóra na n-amplóir
dative leis an amplóir
don amplóir 		leis na hamplóra

Mutation

Mutated forms of amplóir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amplóir n-amplóir hamplóir not applicable

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

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