aimhleas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“harm”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈiːlʲəsˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑvl̠ʲas/ ~ /ˈɑvlʲas/ ~ /ˈavl̠ʲas/ ~ /ˈavlʲas/[3]

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleasa or aimhlis)

  1. harm, detriment; evil

Declension

Declension of aimhleas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aimhleas
vocative a aimhleas
genitive aimhleasa
dative aimhleas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aimhleas
genitive an aimhleasa
dative leis an aimhleas
don aimhleas

Derived terms

  • aimhleasach (“harmful, detrimental; misguided”, adjective)
  • aimhleasta (“misguided; wild, unruly”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimhleas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhleas n-aimhleas haimhleas t-aimhleas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimles m (“disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false charge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈãĩləs̪/

Noun

aimhleas m (genitive singular aimhleis, no plural)

  1. harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Mutation

Mutation of aimhleas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimhleas n-aimhleas h-aimhleas t-aimhleas

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimhleas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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