amhnas

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

amhnas (genitive singular masculine amhnais, genitive singular feminine amhnaise, plural amhnasa, comparative amhnaise)

  1. (literary) sharp, severe
  2. (literary) keen, astute

Declension

Declension of amhnas
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative amhnas amhnas amhnasa
vocative amhnais amhnasa
genitive amhnase amhnasa amhnas
dative amhnas amhnas;
amhnais (archaic)
amhnasa
Comparative níos amhnase
Superlative is amhnase

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhnas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhnas n-amhnas hamhnas 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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