amplach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ampla (“hunger, famine; greed, voracity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]amplach (genitive singular masculine amplaigh, genitive singular feminine amplaí, plural amplacha, comparative amplaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | amplach | amplach | amplacha | |
| vocative | amplaigh | amplacha | ||
| genitive | amplaí | amplacha | amplach | |
| dative | amplach | amplach; amplaigh (archaic) |
amplacha | |
| Comparative | níos amplaí | |||
| Superlative | is amplaí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- amplachán m (“greedy person”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| amplach | n-amplach | hamplach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amplach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “amplach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amplach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amplach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024