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aimrid
aimrid
Irish
Adjective
aimrid (genitive singular masculine aimrid, genitive singular feminine aimride, plural aimride, comparative aimride)
Declension
Declension of aimrid
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aimrid | aimrid¹ | aimride³ | |
| Vocative | aimrid¹ | aimrid¹ | aimride | |
| Genitive | aimrid¹ | aimride | aimride | aimrid |
| Dative | aimrid² | aimrid¹ | aimride³ | |
| Comparative | aimride | |||
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.
Synonyms
- (of animal): seasc
Derived terms
- aimridigh (“make barren, sterilize”, verb)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimrid | n-aimrid | haimrid | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aimrid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aimbrit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aimbrit (“barren, childless”).
Adjective
aimrid (genitive singular feminine aimride, nominative plural aimride, comparative aimride)
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
- “aimbrit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.