amhantar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhantar m (genitive singular amhantair, nominative plural amhantair)

  1. chance, venture
  2. lucky find, windfall

Declension

Declension of amhantar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhantar amhantair
vocative a amhantair a amhantara
genitive amhantair amhantar
dative amhantar amhantair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amhantar na hamhantair
genitive an amhantair na n-amhantar
dative leis an amhantar
don amhantar 		leis na hamhantair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhantar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhantar n-amhantar hamhantar t-amhantar

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) “amhantar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “venture”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “windfall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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