amhrasán

Irish

Etymology

From amhras (“doubt; suspicion”) +‎ -án.

Noun

amhrasán m (genitive singular amhrasáin, nominative plural amhrasáin)

  1. suspicious person, doubter, skeptic

Declension

Declension of amhrasán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhrasán amhrasáin
vocative a amhrasáin a amhrasána
genitive amhrasáin amhrasán
dative amhrasán amhrasáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amhrasán na hamhrasáin
genitive an amhrasáin na n-amhrasán
dative leis an amhrasán
don amhrasán 		leis na hamhrasáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhrasán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhrasán n-amhrasán hamhrasán t-amhrasán

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhrasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “doubter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “sceptic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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