amhchaoin

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

amhchaoin (genitive singular masculine amhchaoin, genitive singular feminine amhchaoine, plural amhchaoine, comparative amhchaoine)

  1. rough, uncouth

Declension

Declension of amhchaoin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative amhchaoin amhchaoin amhchaoine;
amhchaoine2
vocative amhchaoin amhchaoine
genitive amhchaoine amhchaoine amhchaoin
dative amhchaoin;
amhchaoin1
amhchaoin amhchaoine;
amhchaoine2
Comparative níos amhchaoine
Superlative is amhchaoine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhchaoin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhchaoin n-amhchaoin hamhchaoin not applicable

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

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