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amhras

amhras

Irish

Alternative forms

aimhreas

Noun

amhras m ‎(genitive singular amhrais)

doubt

gan amhras‎ ― without doubt, undoubtedly

Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.‎
He cast doubt on my story.
suspicion (with ar plus the person or thing suspected)

Tá amhras agam air; Tá mé in amhras air.‎
I suspect him.

Tá siad ag amhras orm.‎
They’re suspicious of me.
opinion, guess; speculation

Declension

Declension of amhras

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	amhras
Vocative	a amhrais
Genitive	amhrais
Dative	amhras

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-amhras
Genitive	an amhrais
Dative	leis an amhras don amhras

Synonyms

dabht

Derived terms

Terms derived from amhras

amhrasach ‎(“doubtful; suspicious; opinionated”, adj)
amhrasán m ‎(“suspicious person”)

amhrastach m ‎(“suspect (person suspected of a crime)”)
do-amhrais ‎(“unmistakable”, adj)

mí-amhras m ‎(“(unwarranted) suspicion”)
neamh-amhras m ‎(“freedom from doubt, from suspicion”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhras	n-amhras	hamhras	t-amhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“am(a)ires” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“aṁras” 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. I, 36.
"amhras" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.