aimhréidh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish aimréide (roughness).[3]

Noun

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aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)

  1. entanglement
    in aimhréidhentangled
Declension
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Declension of aimhréidh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aimhréidh
vocative a aimhréidh
genitive aimhréidhe
dative aimhréidh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aimhréidh
genitive na haimhréidhe
dative leis an aimhréidh
don aimhréidh
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish aimréid (rough).[4]

Adjective

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aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)

  1. entangled; dishevelled (of thread, hair, etc.)
  2. involved, intricate (of question, statement, etc.)
  3. uneven, difficult (of terrain)
Declension
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Declension of aimhréidh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
vocative aimhréidh aimhréidhe
genitive aimhréidhe aimhréidhe aimhréidh
dative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
Comparative níos aimhréidhe
Superlative is aimhréidhe
Alternative forms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of aimhréidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhréidh n-aimhréidh haimhréidh not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimréid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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