amhailt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhailt f (genitive singular amhailte, nominative plural amhailteacha)

  1. phantom; monster, ghoul

Declension
Declension of amhailt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amhailt amhailteacha
Vocative a amhailt a amhailteacha
Genitive amhailte amhailteacha
Dative amhailt amhailteacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an amhailt na hamhailteacha
Genitive na hamhailte na n-amhailteacha
Dative leis an amhailt

don amhailt

 leis na hamhailteacha

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ghoul”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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