aimliú

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

aimliú m (genitive singular aimlithe or aimilte)

  1. spoiling by exposure to weather

Declension
Declension of aimliú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aimliú
Vocative a aimliú
Genitive aimlithe
Dative aimliú

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aimliú
Genitive an aimlithe
Dative leis an aimliú

don aimliú

  • aimlithe (“sodden; puny; mawkish”, adjective)

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

References
  1. “aimliú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amlaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 26
  3. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “amlaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

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