amhaisc

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhaisce
• amhasc

Etymology

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Noun

amhaisc f (genitive singular amhaisce)

1. (literary) lees, dregs; inferior ale

Declension

Declension of amhaisc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative amhaisc amhaisca Vocative a amhaisc a amhaisca Genitive amhaisce amhaisc Dative amhaisc amhaisca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an amhaisc na hamhaisca Genitive na hamhaisce na n-amhaisc Dative leis an amhaisc don amhaisc leis na hamhaisca

Synonyms

• (lees, dregs): moirt, dríodar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhaisc	n-amhaisc	hamhaisc	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) “amhaisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN