amhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish amos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Noun

amhas m (genitive singular amhais, nominative plural amhais)

1. (literary)
   1. hireling, servant
   2. hired soldier, mercenary
   3. hooligan
   4. (plural, amhais (bheaga)) unruly children

Declension

Declension of amhas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amhas amhais Vocative a amhais a amhasa Genitive amhais amhas Dative amhas amhais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amhas na hamhais Genitive an amhais na n-amhas Dative leis an amhas don amhas leis na hamhais

Synonyms

• (hooligan): amhasóir m

Derived terms

• amhsach (“wild, unruly”, adjective)
• amhsán (“cur”)
• ceantar na n-amhas (“underworld”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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