amh

See also: -amh and ámh

Translingual

Symbol

amh

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Amharic.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Manx aw), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈavˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈauh/, /ˈãuh/

Adjective

amh (genitive singular masculine amh, genitive singular feminine aimhe, plural amha, comparative aimhe)

1. raw, uncooked

Declension

Declension of amh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	amh	amh	amha
Vocative	amh		amha
Genitive		aimhe	amha	amh
Dative	amh	amh	amha
Comparative	níos aimhe
Superlative	is aimhe

Derived terms

• amhábhar
• amhola

Related terms

• aimhe (“rawness, crudeness”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “om”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish om (“raw, uncooked”) (compare Manx aw), from Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emós, *h₂eh₃mós. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós), Sanskrit आम (āmá) and Old Armenian հում (hum, “raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaf/

Adjective

amh (comparative aimhe)

1. raw, uncooked

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amh	n-amh	h-amh	t-amh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “om”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language