Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ametis, from Old French ametiste via English, or directly from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”).
Noun
aimitis f (genitive singular aimitise, nominative plural aimitisí)
- amethyst (gemstone, colour)
Declension
Declension of aimitis (second declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of aimitis
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aimitis
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n-aimitis
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haimitis
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimitis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ametis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language