amhailt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhailt f (genitive singular amhailte, nominative plural amhailteacha)

  1. phantom; monster, ghoul

Declension

Declension of amhailt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhailt amhailteacha
vocative a amhailt a amhailteacha
genitive amhailte amhailteacha
dative amhailt amhailteacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an amhailt na hamhailteacha
genitive na hamhailte na n-amhailteacha
dative leis an amhailt
don amhailt 		leis na hamhailteacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhailt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhailt n-amhailt hamhailt not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ghoul”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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