amhantraí

Irish

Etymology 1

From amhantar (“chance, venture; lucky find, windfall”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

amhantraí m (genitive singular amhantraí, nominative plural amhantraithe)

  1. (finance) speculator
Declension
Declension of amhantraí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhantraí amhantraithe
vocative a amhantraí a amhantraithe
genitive amhantraí amhantraithe
dative amhantraí amhantraithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amhantraí na hamhantraithe
genitive an amhantraí na n-amhantraithe
dative leis an amhantraí
don amhantraí 		leis na hamhantraithe
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amhantraí

  1. inflection of amhantrach (“venturesome, risky; lucky”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhantraí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhantraí n-amhantraí hamhantraí t-amhantraí

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

References

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