hamstair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hamster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhãũ̯ms̪tɛɾʲ/

Noun

hamstair m

  1. hamster

Declension

Declension of hamstair (class IId masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative hamstair hamstairean
genitive hamstair hamstairean
dative hamstair hamstairean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) hamstair (na) hamstairean
genitive (an) hamstair (nan) hamstairean
dative (an) hamstair (na) hamstairean
vocative hamstair hamstairean

Mutation

Mutation of hamstair
radical lenition
hamstair unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “hamstair”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 352
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