aimhréidh
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish aimréide (“roughness”).[3]
Noun
editaimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)
- entanglement
- in aimhréidh ― entangled
Declension
editDeclension of aimhréidh
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
edit- aimhréidhe f
- aimhréidheas m
- aimhréití f
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish aimréid (“rough”).[4]
Adjective
editaimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)
- entangled; dishevelled (of thread, hair, etc.)
- involved, intricate (of question, statement, etc.)
- uneven, difficult (of terrain)
Declension
editDeclension of aimhréidh
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aimhréidh | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | |
Vocative | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | ||
Genitive | aimhréidhe | aimhréidhe | aimhréidh | |
Dative | aimhréidh | aimhréidh | aimhréidhe | |
Comparative | níos aimhréidhe | |||
Superlative | is aimhréidhe |
Alternative forms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aimhréidh | n-aimhréidh | haimhréidh | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimhréidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN