aimhréiteach
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish aimréi(d)tech (“contentiousness”), from aimréid (“contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).
Noun edit
aimhréiteach m (genitive singular aimhréitigh)
Declension edit
Declension of aimhréiteach
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
aimhréiteach (genitive singular masculine aimhréitigh, genitive singular feminine aimhréití, plural aimhréiteacha, comparative aimhréití)
- Alternative form of aimhréidh (“entangled; dishevelled; involved, intricate; uneven, difficult”)
Declension edit
Declension of aimhréidheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aimhréidheach | aimhréidheach | aimhréidheacha | |
Vocative | aimhréidhigh | aimhréidheacha | ||
Genitive | aimhréidhí | aimhréidheacha | aimhréidheach | |
Dative | aimhréidheach | aimhréidheach; aimhréidhigh (archaic) |
aimhréidheacha | |
Comparative | níos aimhréidhí | |||
Superlative | is aimhréidhí |
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aimhréiteach | n-aimhréiteach | haimhréiteach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aimhréiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aimréi(d)tech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64