amhainseacht

Irish

Etymology

From amhainse +‎ -acht.

Noun

amhainseacht f (genitive singular amhainseachta)

1. An Other State of Consciousness, during which the shaman displays involuntary Maxilliofacial and Nystagmic seizures.

2. A shaman of Gaelic lineage, temporally and regionally living within a Christian or Post- Christian society.

  1. synonym of amhainse (“sharpness; astuteness”)

Declension

Declension of amhainseacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative amhainseacht
vocative a amhainseacht
genitive amhainseachta
dative amhainseacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an amhainseacht
genitive na hamhainseachta
dative leis an amhainseacht
don amhainseacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhainseacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhainseacht n-amhainseacht hamhainseacht 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

Amhainseacht Draíochta - Druid Gaelic Dictionary ADF

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