aimhréidh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled place; contentiousness, disturbance”), aimréide (“roughness, unevenness; dissension, disagreement, quarrel”).

Noun

aimhréidh f (genitive singular aimhréidhe)

  1. entanglement
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aimhréidh
Vocative a aimhréidh
Genitive aimhréidhe
Dative aimhréidh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an aimhréidh
Genitive na haimhréidhe
Dative leis an aimhréidh

don aimhréidh

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aimréid (“rough, uneven, entangled; contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).

Adjective

aimhréidh (genitive singular masculine aimhréidh, genitive singular feminine aimhréidhe, plural aimhréidhe, comparative aimhréidhe)

  1. entangled; dishevelled (of thread, hair, etc.)
  2. involved, intricate (of question, statement, etc.)
  3. uneven, difficult (of terrain)
Declension
Declension of aimhréidh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
Vocative aimhréidh aimhréidhe
Genitive aimhréidhe aimhréidhe aimhréidh
Dative aimhréidh aimhréidh aimhréidhe
Comparative níos aimhréidhe
Superlative is aimhréidhe
Alternative forms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aimhréidh n-aimhréidh haimhréidh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64
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