aimliú

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

aimliú m (genitive singular aimlithe or aimilte)

  1. spoiling by exposure to weather

Declension

Declension of aimliú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aimliú
vocative a aimliú
genitive aimlithe
dative aimliú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aimliú
genitive an aimlithe
dative leis an aimliú
don aimliú
  • aimlithe (“sodden; puny; mawkish”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimliú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimliú n-aimliú haimliú t-aimliú

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

References

  1. ^ “aimliú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amlaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 26
  3. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “amlaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

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