amhchaoin

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

amhchaoin (genitive singular masculine amhchaoin, genitive singular feminine amhchaoine, plural amhchaoine, comparative amhchaoine)

1. rough, uncouth

Declension

Declension of amhchaoin

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	amhchaoin	amhchaoin	amhchaoine; amhchaoine2
vocative	amhchaoin		amhchaoine
genitive		amhchaoine	amhchaoine	amhchaoin
dative	amhchaoin; amhchaoin1	amhchaoin	amhchaoine; amhchaoine2
Comparative	níos amhchaoine
Superlative	is amhchaoine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhchaoin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhchaoin	n-amhchaoin	hamhchaoin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amhchaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN