aimhleasc

Irish

Alternative forms

• aidhleasc, aithleasc

Etymology

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Adjective

aimhleasc (genitive singular masculine aimhleasc, genitive singular feminine aimhleisce, plural aimhleasca, comparative aimhleisce)

1. reluctant, slow

Declension

Declension of aimhleasc

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aimhleasc	aimhleasc	aimhleasca
vocative	aimhleasc		aimhleasca
genitive		aimhleisce	aimhleasca	aimhleasc
dative	aimhleasc	aimhleasc	aimhleasca
Comparative	níos aimhleisce
Superlative	is aimhleisce

Synonyms

• (reluctant): aimhleisciúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimhleasc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimhleasc	n-aimhleasc	haimhleasc	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) “aimhleasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN