aimitis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ametis, from Old French ametiste via English, or directly from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”).

Noun

aimitis f (genitive singular aimitise, nominative plural aimitisí)

1. amethyst (gemstone, colour)

Declension

Declension of aimitis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aimitis aimitisí Vocative a aimitis a aimitisí Genitive aimitise aimitisí Dative aimitis aimitisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aimitis na haimitisí Genitive na haimitise na n-aimitisí Dative leis an aimitis don aimitis leis na haimitisí

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimitis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ametis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language