Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish amairsech, from Old Irish amirissech.[1] By surface analysis, amhras +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑvɾˠəsˠəx/, /ˈɑ̃vɾˠəsˠəx/, /ˈɑnvɾˠəsˠəx/

Adjective

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amhrasach (genitive singular masculine amhrasaigh, genitive singular feminine amhrasaí, plural amhrasacha, comparative amhrasaí)

  1. suspicious; doubtful
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:
      tā mē anvrəsəx, n̄ax ńīnə šē ē.
      [Tá mé amhrasach nach ndéanfaidh sé é.]
      I’m doubtful that he will do it.
  2. opinionated

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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

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