aimitis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ametis, from Old French ametiste via English, or directly from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”).

Noun

aimitis f (genitive singular aimitise, nominative plural aimitisí)

1. amethyst (gemstone, colour)

Declension

Declension of aimitis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aimitis aimitisí vocative a aimitis a aimitisí genitive aimitise aimitisí dative aimitis aimitisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aimitis na haimitisí genitive na haimitise na n-aimitisí dative leis an aimitis don aimitis leis na haimitisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimitis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimitis	n-aimitis	haimitis	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimitis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ametis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language