amhantraí

Irish

Etymology 1

From amhantar (“chance, venture; lucky find, windfall”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

amhantraí m (genitive singular amhantraí, nominative plural amhantraithe)

1. (finance) speculator

Declension

Declension of amhantraí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative amhantraí amhantraithe vocative a amhantraí a amhantraithe genitive amhantraí amhantraithe dative amhantraí amhantraithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-amhantraí na hamhantraithe genitive an amhantraí na n-amhantraithe dative leis an amhantraí don amhantraí leis na hamhantraithe

Derived terms

• amhantraíocht (“speculation”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amhantraí

1. inflection of amhantrach (“venturesome, risky; lucky”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhantraí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhantraí	n-amhantraí	hamhantraí	t-amhantraí

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) “amhantraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “speculator”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amhantraí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm