amhantar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amhantar m (genitive singular amhantair, nominative plural amhantair)

1. chance, venture
2. lucky find, windfall

Declension

Declension of amhantar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amhantar amhantair vocative a amhantair a amhantara genitive amhantair amhantar dative amhantar amhantair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-amhantar na hamhantair genitive an amhantair na n-amhantar dative leis an amhantar don amhantar leis na hamhantair

Derived terms

• amhantrach (“venturesome, risky; lucky”, adjective)
• amhantraí (“speculator”)
• amhantraíocht (“speculation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhantar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhantar	n-amhantar	hamhantar	t-amhantar

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) “amhantar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “venture”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “windfall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025