amhsán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • amhsóg f

Etymology

From amhas +‎ -án.

Noun

amhsán m (genitive singular amhsáin, nominative plural amhsáin)

  1. diminutive of amhas
  2. cur (of dog)

Declension

Declension of amhsán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amhsán amhsáin
vocative a amhsáin a amhsána
genitive amhsáin amhsán
dative amhsán amhsáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amhsán na hamhsáin
genitive an amhsáin na n-amhsán
dative leis an amhsán
don amhsán 		leis na hamhsáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhsán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhsán n-amhsán hamhsán t-amhsán

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) “amhsán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cur”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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