amhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish amus,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with English ambassador.

Pronunciation

Noun

amhas m (genitive singular amhais, nominative plural amhais)

  1. hireling (someone hired to perform unpleasant tasks)
  2. soldier of fortune, mercenary
  3. hooligan
    Synonyms: amhasóir, maistín

Declension

Declension of amhas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhas amhais
vocative a amhais a amhasa
genitive amhais amhas
dative amhas amhais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amhas na hamhais
genitive an amhais na n-amhas
dative leis an amhas
don amhas 		leis na hamhais

Derived terms

  • amhasóir m (“hooligan”)
  • amhsach (“wild, unruly”, adjective)
  • amhsán m (“cur”, diminutive)
  • ceantar na n-amhas (“underworld”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhas n-amhas hamhas t-amhas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 200, page 101

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