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aimhréidh
aimhréidh
Irish
Noun
aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
- aimhréidhe f
- aimhréidheas m
- aimhréití f
Etymology 2
From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled; contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).
Adjective
aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)
- (of thread, hair, etc.) entangled; dishevelled
- (of question, statement, etc.) involved, intricate
- (of terrain) uneven, difficult
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aimhréidh | aimhréidh¹ | aimhréidhe³ | |
| Vocative | aimhréidh¹ | aimhréidh¹ | aimhréidhe | |
| Genitive | aimhréidh¹ | aimhréidhe | aimhréidhe | aimhréidh |
| Dative | aimhréidh² | aimhréidh¹ | aimhréidhe³ | |
| Comparative | aimhréidhe | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimhréidh | n-aimhréidh | haimhréidh | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aimhréidh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aimréid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aimréide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.