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aimhleas
aimhleas
Irish
Noun
aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleasa or aimhlis)
Declension
Declension of aimhleas
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aimhleasach (“harmful, detrimental; misguided”, adjective)
- aimhleasta (“misguided; wild, unruly”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimhleas | n-aimhleas | haimhleas | t-aimhleas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “aimles” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṁleas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 13.
- "aimhleas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aimles m (“disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false charge”).
Noun
aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleis, no plural)
- harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “aimles” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.