amhailt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhailt f (genitive singular amhailte, nominative plural amhailteacha)

1. phantom; monster, ghoul

Declension

Declension of amhailt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative amhailt amhailteacha Vocative a amhailt a amhailteacha Genitive amhailte amhailteacha Dative amhailt amhailteacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an amhailt na hamhailteacha Genitive na hamhailte na n-amhailteacha Dative leis an amhailt don amhailt leis na hamhailteacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhailt	n-amhailt	hamhailt	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) “amhailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ghoul”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024