amhrasach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish amairsech, from Old Irish amirissech.[1] By surface analysis, amhras +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑvˠɾˠəsˠəx/ ~ /ˈɑ̃vˠɾˠəsˠəx/ ~ /ˈɑnˠvˠɾˠəsˠəx/[2]

Adjective

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

  1. suspicious; doubtful
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], 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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of amhrasach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhrasach n-amhrasach hamhrasach 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amairsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13

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