aimléis

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimiléis

Etymology

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Noun

aimléis f (genitive singular aimléise)

1. wretchedness, misery
2. wretch

Declension

Declension of aimiléis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aimiléis Vocative a aimiléis Genitive aimiléise Dative aimiléis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aimiléis Genitive na haimiléise Dative leis an aimiléis don aimiléis

Derived terms

• aimléiseach (“wretched, miserable”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimléis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “wretchedness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024