amplach

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Irish

Etymology

From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

amplach (genitive singular masculine amplaigh, genitive singular feminine amplaí, plural amplacha, comparative amplaí)

  1. hungry
    Synonym: amplúil
  2. greedy, covetous
    Synonym: amplúil

Declension

Declension of amplach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative amplach amplach amplacha
vocative amplaigh amplacha
genitive amplaí amplacha amplach
dative amplach amplach;
amplaigh (archaic) 		amplacha
Comparative níos amplaí
Superlative is amplaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of amplach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amplach n-amplach hamplach not applicable

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, § 232, page 117

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