aimhréiteach

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈavʲɾʲəi̯tʲa(x)/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aimréi(d)tech (“contentiousness”), from aimréid (“contentious, quarrelsome, troublesome”).

Noun

aimhréiteach m (genitive singular aimhréitigh)

  1. (literary) discord
Declension
Declension of aimhréiteach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aimhréiteach
Vocative a aimhréitigh
Genitive aimhréitigh
Dative aimhréiteach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aimhréiteach
Genitive an aimhréitigh
Dative leis an aimhréiteach

don aimhréiteach

Alternative forms
  • aimhréidhteach

Adjective

aimhréiteach (genitive singular masculine aimhréitigh, genitive singular feminine aimhréití, plural aimhréiteacha, comparative aimhréití)

  1. Alternative form of aimhréidh (“entangled; dishevelled; involved, intricate; uneven, difficult”)
Declension
Declension of aimhréidheach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aimhréidheach aimhréidheach aimhréidheacha
Vocative aimhréidhigh aimhréidheacha
Genitive aimhréidhí aimhréidheacha aimhréidheach
Dative aimhréidheach aimhréidheach;
aimhréidhigh (archaic)		 aimhréidheacha
Comparative níos aimhréidhí
Superlative is aimhréidhí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aimhréiteach n-aimhréiteach haimhréiteach 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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