amhrasach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish amairsech, from Old Irish amirissech.[1] By surface analysis, amhras + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
amhrasach (genitive singular masculine amhrasaigh, genitive singular feminine amhrasaí, plural amhrasacha, comparative amhrasaí)
- suspicious; doubtful
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:
- tā mē anvrəsəx, n̄ax ńīnə šē ē.
- [Tá mé amhrasach nach ndéanfaidh sé é.]
- I’m doubtful that he will do it.
- opinionated
Declension edit
Declension of amhrasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | amhrasach | amhrasach | amhrasacha | |
Vocative | amhrasaigh | amhrasacha | ||
Genitive | amhrasaí | amhrasacha | amhrasach | |
Dative | amhrasach | amhrasach; amhrasaigh (archaic) |
amhrasacha | |
Comparative | níos amhrasaí | |||
Superlative | is amhrasaí |
Derived terms edit
- neamh-amhrasach (“unsuspicious, unsuspecting”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amhrasach | n-amhrasach | hamhrasach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amairsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhrasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁairseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṁrasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 27
- Entries containing “amhrasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “amhrasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.