amhailt

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhailt f (genitive singular amhailte, nominative plural amhailteacha)

1. phantom; monster, ghoul

Declension

Declension of amhailt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amhailt amhailteacha vocative a amhailt a amhailteacha genitive amhailte amhailteacha dative amhailt amhailteacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an amhailt na hamhailteacha genitive na hamhailte na n-amhailteacha dative leis an amhailt don amhailt leis na hamhailteacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhailt

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhailt	n-amhailt	hamhailt	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) “amhailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ghoul”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024