Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish amaires (“unbelief”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
amhras m (genitive singular amhrais)
- doubt
- gan amhras ― without doubt, undoubtedly
Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.- He cast doubt on my story.
- suspicion (with ar plus the person or thing suspected)
Tá amhras agam air; Tá mé in amhras air.- I suspect him.
Tá siad ag amhras orm.- They’re suspicious of me.
- opinion, guess; speculation
Declension
Declension of amhras (first declension, no plural)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- amhrasach (“doubtful”, adjective)
- amhrasán (“suspicious person”)
- amhrastach (“suspect (person suspected of a crime)”)
- do-amhrais (“unmistakable”, adjective)
- drochamhras
- mí-amhras (“(unwarranted) suspicion”)
- neamh-amhras (“freedom from doubt”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of amhras
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eclipsis |
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with t-prothesis
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n-amhras
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hamhras
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t-amhras
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “am(a)ires”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 128, page 68
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 36
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