amharc

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).[4]

Noun

amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, nominative plural amhairc)

  1. verbal noun of amharc
  2. sight, vision
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1:
      tā afr̥k ə ŋar ʒō.
      [Tá amharc i ngearr dhó.]
      He is short-sighted.
  3. look
    Is fearr amharc amháin romhat ná dhá amharc i do dhiaidh.
    Foresight is better than hindsight. (proverb)
    (literally, “One look before you is better than two looks behind you.”)
  4. sight (a great deal, a lot)
Declension
Declension of amharc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amharc amhairc
Vocative a amhairc a amharca
Genitive amhairc amharc
Dative amharc amhairc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-amharc na hamhairc
Genitive an amhairc na n-amharc
Dative leis an amharc

don amharc

 leis na hamhairc
Derived terms
  • amharc an lae m (“dawn”)
  • amharc déshúileach m (“binocular vision”)
  • amharc dúbailte m (“double vision”)
  • amharc mara m (“seascape”)
  • amharc na súl m (“eyesight”)
  • amharc tíre m (“landscape”)
  • amharcach (“sightly, pleasing to behold”)
  • amharclann f (“theatre”)
  • ar amharc (“in sight”)
  • as amharc (“out of sight”)
  • cianamharc m (“distant view”)
  • claonamharc m (“sidelong look; squint”)
  • gar-amharc m (“close-up view”)
  • in amharc súl (“in appearance”)
  • téigh as amharc (“disappear”, verb)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish amarcaid (“sees, beholds, views”, verb), from amarc (see above).[5]

Verb

amharc (present analytic amharcann, future analytic amharcfaidh, verbal noun amharc, past participle amharctha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) look, see
    Bhí sé ag amharc amach as an bhfuinneog nuair a bhí mise ag dul thart.
    He was looking out the window when I went past.
Conjugation
conjugation of amharc (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present amharcaim amharcann tú;
amharcair†		 amharcann sé, sí amharcaimid amharcann sibh amharcann siad;
amharcaid†		 a amharcann; a amharcas /
a n-amharcann*; a n-amharcas*		 amharctar
past d'amharc mé; d'amharcas /
amharc mé‡; amharcas‡		 d'amharc tú; d'amharcais /
amharc tú‡; amharcais‡		 d'amharc sé, sí /
amharc sé, sí‡		 d'amharcamar; d'amharc muid /
amharcamar‡; amharc muid‡		 d'amharc sibh; d'amharcabhair /
amharc sibh‡; amharcabhair‡		 d'amharc siad; d'amharcadar /
amharc siad; amharcadar‡		 a d'amharc /
ar amharc*		 amharcadh;
hamharcadh†
past habitual d'amharcainn /
amharcainn‡; n-amharcainn‡‡		 d'amharctá /
amharctá‡; n-amharctᇇ		 d'amharcadh sé, sí /
amharcadh sé, sí‡; n-amharcadh sé, s퇇		 d'amharcaimis; d'amharcadh muid /
amharcaimis‡; amharcadh muid‡; n-amharcaimis‡‡; n-amharcadh muid‡‡		 d'amharcadh sibh /
amharcadh sibh‡; n-amharcadh sibh‡‡		 d'amharcaidís; d'amharcadh siad /
amharcaidís‡; amharcadh siad‡; n-amharcaidís‡‡; n-amharcadh siad‡‡		 a d'amharcadh /
a n-amharcadh*		 d'amharctaí /
amharctaí‡; n-amharcta퇇
future amharcfaidh mé;
amharcfad		 amharcfaidh tú;
amharcfair†		 amharcfaidh sé, sí amharcfaimid;
amharcfaidh muid		 amharcfaidh sibh amharcfaidh siad;
amharcfaid†		 a amharcfaidh; a amharcfas /
a n-amharcfaidh*; a n-amharcfas*		 amharcfar
conditional d'amharcfainn / amharcfainn‡; n-amharcfainn‡‡ d'amharcfá / amharcfá‡; n-amharcfᇇ d'amharcfadh sé, sí / amharcfadh sé, sí‡; n-amharcfadh sé, s퇇 d'amharcfaimis; d'amharcfadh muid / amharcfaimis‡; amharcfadh muid‡; n-amharcfaimis‡‡; n-amharcfadh muid‡‡ d'amharcfadh sibh / amharcfadh sibh‡; n-amharcfadh sibh‡‡ d'amharcfaidís; d'amharcfadh siad / amharcfaidís‡; amharcfadh siad‡; n-amharcfaidís‡‡; n-amharcfadh siad‡‡ a d'amharcfadh /
a n-amharcfadh*		 d'amharcfaí / amharcfaí‡; n-amharcfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-amharca mé;
go n-amharcad†		 go n-amharca tú;
go n-amharcair†		 go n-amharca sé, sí go n-amharcaimid;
go n-amharca muid		 go n-amharca sibh go n-amharca siad;
go n-amharcaid†		 — go n-amharctar
past dá n-amharcainn dá n-amharctá dá n-amharcadh sé, sí dá n-amharcaimis;
dá n-amharcadh muid		 dá n-amharcadh sibh dá n-amharcaidís;
dá n-amharcadh siad		 — dá n-amharctaí
imperative amharcaim amharc amharcadh sé, sí amharcaimis amharcaigí;
amharcaidh†		 amharcaidís — amharctar
verbal noun amharc
past participle amharctha

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “amarcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish amarc m (“act of looking at; faculty of sight; object of sight, view, prospect”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈãũ.əɾk/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈãvəɾk/

Noun

amharc m (genitive singular amhairc, plural amhairc)

  1. verbal noun of amhairc
  2. seeing, viewing
  3. sight, view
  4. vizzy or sight on a gun
  5. view, sight, observation
  6. beholding
  7. inspecting
  8. look, appearance
  9. fault

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “amharc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 amarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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