amach

See also: a-mach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish i mmach (literally “into the plain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmˠax/

Adverb

amach

1. (motion) out, outward
2. back, away (from)
3. forth, abroad
4. facing outwards, exposed
5. out, aloud
6. (time) on
   1. forward
   2. late
7. completely
8. just out (of)
9. outbound, (of mail) outgoing

Derived terms

• amach is amach
• amach is isteach
• amach le
• amach ó
• amachaigí!
• bain amach
• bealach amach
• bris amach
• buail amach
• caith amach
• cuir amach
• déan amach
• éirigh amach
• fág amach
• leag amach
• lig amach
• luigh amach
• ó mo chroí amach
• os mo chomhair amach
• scaoil amach
• seas amach
• tabhair amach
• tar amach
• tarraing amach
• téigh amach ar
• tit amach
• uaidh seo amach

 

Descendants

• → Yola: amach, ammache

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (amach)

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position

Point of reference	Motion toward	Stationary position at	Motion from
above, up	suas	thuas	anuas
below, down	síos	thíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	aneas
northeast	soir ó thuaidh	thoir thuaidh	anoir aduaidh
northwest	siar ó thuaidh	thiar thuaidh	aniar aduaidh
southeast	soir ó dheas	thoir theas	anoir aneas
southwest	siar ó dheas	thiar theas	aniar aneas
over there	sall	thall	anall
over here	—	—	anonn
inside	isteach	istigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	—

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “immach, ammach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 33

Yola

Alternative forms

• ammache

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish amach, not from Irish abhac (“dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɔː/

Adverb

amach

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References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22