amhaisc

Irish

Alternative forms

• amhaisce
• amhasc

Etymology

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Noun

amhaisc f (genitive singular amhaisce)

1. (literary) lees, dregs; inferior ale

Declension

Declension of amhaisc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amhaisc amhaisca vocative a amhaisc a amhaisca genitive amhaisce amhaisc dative amhaisc amhaisca forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an amhaisc na hamhaisca genitive na hamhaisce na n-amhaisc dative leis an amhaisc don amhaisc leis na hamhaisca

Synonyms

• (lees, dregs): moirt, dríodar

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhaisc

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