amrae

Middle Irish

Adjective

amrae

  1. archaic spelling of amra

Mutation

Mutation of amrae
radical lenition nasalization
amrae
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-amrae

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

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaβ̃rɘ]

Adjective

amrae

  1. wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary

Inflection

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative amrae amrae amrae
vocative amrai
accusative amrae amrai
genitive amrai amrae amrai
dative amru amrai amru
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative amrai amrai
vocative amrai
amru*
accusative amrai
amru*
genitive amrae
dative amraib

* when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: amra, amrae (archaic spelling)
    • Irish: amhra

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