Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish amlán (“fool, simpleton”).
Noun
amhlán m (genitive singular amhláin, nominative plural amhláin)
- boor; dolt
Declension
Declension of amhlán (first declension)
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Derived terms
- amhlánta (“boorish; doltish”, adjective)
Mutation
Mutated forms of amhlán
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| amhlán
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n-amhlán
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hamhlán
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t-amhlán
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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.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amlán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language