aimlithe

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the stem of aimliú +‎ -ithe, as if in a verbal noun/past participle pair (compare aistriú/aistrithe, oibriú/oibrithe etc.)

Alternative forms

Adjective

aimlithe

  1. wretched, bedraggled
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

aimlithe m sg

  1. genitive singular of aimliú

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimlithe
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimlithe n-aimlithe haimlithe 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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 226, page 115
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aimilithe; aimilte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 16; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimlithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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