amplóir

Irish

Etymology

From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) +‎ -óir.

Noun

amplóir m (genitive singular amplóra, nominative plural amplóirí)

1. hungry person
2. greedy person, glutton

   Synonyms: amplachán, craosaire, sutha

Declension

Declension of amplóir

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amplóir amplóra Vocative a amplóra a amplóira Genitive amplóra amplóir Dative amplóir amplóra

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amplóir na hamplóra Genitive an amplóra na n-amplóir Dative leis an amplóir don amplóir leis na hamplóra

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amplóir	n-amplóir	hamplóir	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) “amplóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amplóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amplóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024